CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
Cwrtarat Cou?ty*? Niwspap?r
EDITORIALS FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1958
Where Does the Money Go?
What's happening to Morehead City
Recorder'* Court funds?
According to financial reports by A.
H. James, clerk of superior court, the
town of Morehead City has turned over
to the county no funds since February
of this year. In February, a token sum
of $50 was paid.
There are several suppositions as to
what is happening to the money:
1. Either the court is not meeting
expenses and all funds have to be di
verted to pay court officers' salaries, or
2. The court is running a credit
agency and convicted defendants are
paying their fines when and if it suits
them to do so, or
3. Morehead City has decided that
it is going to run its court its own way,
without turning over fines and forfei
tures to the county board of education,
as required by law.
There is some contention between
the town and the county as to which
political unit should pay for feeding
and homing prisoners. Morehead City
claims that it is the county's obligation
to pay for prisoners fed and housed in
the Morehead City jail.
This has been an ancient bone that
was picked between Beaufort and the
county when Beaufort had a recorder's
court and now it is probably being
picked again between Morehead City
and the county. Thus, the fund with
holding? ,
While there is a law to uphold the
claim that the county is obligated to
feed and house prisoners, when a po
litical subdivision such as a town sets
up its own court and has its own jail,
it seems that the town must also as
sume obligations connected thereto.
If that is the major problem, it is
conceivable that the town and county
could get together and come to an un
derstanding. (It would be interesting to
learn how other counties cope with the
problem).
The fact cannot be disputed, how
ever, that for the past five months,
fines and forfeitures due the county
board of education have not been turn
ed over to the county.
In view of the fact that Morehead
City is extremely eager to have bigger
and better school facilities, it is stand
ing on rather shifty ground in refusing
to pay those fines and forfeitures.
Other courts, Newport and Atlantic
Beach, as well as justices of the peace,
make regular accounting to the county.
If Morehead City is setting itself above
the law, the cou lty is allowing a poor
precedent t be set and will experience
difficulty in the future with Courts in
all political subdivisions.
Try Again . . .
ai last me comity nas a civil de
fense director. We hope he's in office
longer than other recent appointees.
The new director is John Valentine,
Marshallberg.
As we have mentioned previously,
there is a lot more to Civil Defense
work than getting radio equipment and
trucks for practically nothing through
the state surplus property division. It
is, perhaps, the most important govern
ment post to be filled by a non-paid
"volunteer".
When the United States Yoshefl Ma
rines to Lebanon several weeks ago,
the newspaper office again received a
flurry of telephone calls on "Who's our
Civil Defense director?" "What are
we doing about Civil Defense?" "Why
doesn't somebody do something, I'd
nice 10 neip, dui i aon c Know wnai 10
do."
Until Civil Defense directors in their
respective communities appeal to the
public for specific assistance, the most
important thing you can do in Civil De
fense, as an individual, is ask yourself,
"Is my family capable of surviving for
four or five days without power, with
out plumbing, without my running to
the store for food or medicine?"
If you can truthfully answer "Yes"
to that question, you've done about all
that you can as an individual, to be
"prepared". You might keep up to
date on the latest information on radio
active fallout, biological warfare and
similar factors related to modern war.
If called on by Civil Defense directors
to help in an organized program, you
could respond with a "Yes, I'll do my
best."
Home is Still a Castle
(Greensboro Daily News)
The old common law doctrine that a
man's home is his castle has been up
held again ? this time by the U. S. Su
- preme Court.
"Every householder, the good and
the bad, the guilty and the innocent,
is entitled to the protection designed to
secure the common interest against un
lawful invasion of the house," is the
way Justice Brennan phrased the ma
jority opinion.
As it turns out, "the guilty" was
' probably protected in this case. The
defendant was one William Miller,
whose Washington apartment was
broken into by police without first tell
ing him their authority and purpose.
Believing that Miller had just soild
some heroin capsules, officers went to
the door of Miller's apartment and
knocked. Miller cracked open the door,
then tried to close it
With neither an arrest nor search
warrant, the officers forced the door
open and ripped off the chain holding
it. Inside, they made the arrest and
seized a quantity of heroin and marked
bills.
The Supreme Court ruled that Miller
could not be lawfully arrested in his
home by officers breaking in without
first telling him why they were there.
Since Miller did not receive such no
tice, said Justice Brennan, the arrest
was unlawful and the evidence must be
suppressed.
Undoubtedly these legal require
ments make the task of law enforce
ment officers more difficult Justices
Clark and Burton, who dissented from
the majority, complained that the court
had superimposed upon District of Co
lumbia laws "an artificial and unrealis
tic requirement that, even under the
circumstances found here, police must
make 'an express announcement' in un
mistakable words they are the police
and have come to make an arrest."
But that, in our opinion, is not the
main point, and Justice Brennan had
the answer: "However much in a par
ticular case insistence upon such rules
may appear as a technicality that
inures to the benefit of a guilty person,
the history of the criminal law proves
that tolerance of shortcut methods in
law enforcement impairs its effective
ness."
The purpose of the law is not to
make law enforcement easy, but to
protect the rights of citizens.
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Security for You... comment...
By RAY HENRY
There's only one way you can
raise your Social Security old age
payments once you start drawing
them: Go back to work.
Even if you do, an increase isn't
automatic. And, you face the pos
sibility of losing some or all of
your monthly checks while you're
working because of your earnings.
Whether you'll get an increase
after you go back to work depends
on these three factors: How long
you work, how much you earn and
the size of your present payments.
Here's how they're involved:
In general, your present pay
ments are based on your average
monthly earnings in jobs covered
by Social Security between Jan. 1,
1937, and the time you retired, or
between Jan. 1, 1951, and the time
you retired. (In arriving at this
earning average, your Social Se
curity officc may drop out of its
calculations up to five years in
which you had low or no earnings
and periods of officially recognized
disability. )
Suppose, for example, you're
now collecting monthly Social Se
curity payments of $76.50 based on
average monthly earnings of $190
between Jan. 1, 1951, and Jan. 1,
1956, when you retired at 65.
The only way you can raise your
payments is by going back to work
and earning enough to increase the
$190 average monthly earnings on
which your payments are based.
In doing so, you must also meet
the following conditions:
1. You must work at least a year
in a job covered by Social Security
and earn at least $1,200. This year,
of course, must be worked after
you started drawing payments the
first time.
2. Your work record under Social
Security must include at least a
year and a half of work since 1950.
This doesn't mean you must work
a year and a half once you go bacK
to work. It only means that the
total of all your work after 1950
must be at least a year and a half.
If you meet these conditions and
you figure it's to your advantage
to have your payments rcfigured
on the basis of higher monthly
earnings, all you have to do is file
an application at your nearest So
cial Security office.
If after the rcfiguring, it turns
out that your additional work
doesnt' raise your payments, you'U
be entitled to the same size pay
ments as you are getting now.
For example: Suppose you go
back to work and, later, ask to
have your payments refigured on
the basis of the earnings from this
work. If it turns out that this addi
tional work lowers your average
monthly earnings on which your
payments were figured the first
time, you'll continue to be eligible
for payments based on the first
figuring.
Remember: Going back to work
may result in barring you from
one or more of the monthly pay
ments while you're working.
In general, if you're under 72
and you earn more than $1,200 in
a year you lose your right to one
month's check for each $80 (or
fraction of $80) of earnings over
$1,200. After you reach 72, how
ever, you can receive monthly
checks no matter how much you
earn.
(Editor's Note: Too nay con
tact the social security repre
sentative at the courthouse an
nex, Beaufort, from 1:10 a.m. to
noon Mondays. Be will help you
with year own particular prob
lem).
The Readers Write
Aug. 3, 1958
To the Editor:
I have been residing in More
head City for the past two years
with my family.
Recently, we read several arti
cles in your paper pertaining to
the stray dog situation in this town
which was beginning to present a
problem.
We have owned a dog for two
years here and didn't have any
difficulties with anyone, but I must
say it is very difficult for a dog
owner in Morehead City now.
First, we had to get a tag from
the city and pay $2. This wasn't
so bad. We understood it would in
sure the dog from the dog catcher.
Then, after we already had thq
tag, they said we had to keep the
dog confined. This I could not un
derstand. But to top it all, I re
ceived word from our fine police
department that unless he was con
fined, I would receive a ticket.
I can't undersatnd what they
mean by all this, but for me, I
think it is a rotten deal and a
black mark for Morehead City
which I think they have enough
of already.
I would like to see an article
on this printed if possible in your
paper.
Very truly yours,
A Taxpayer
P.S. If this continues to go on
unattended, God help Morehead
City.
(The dog program is designed
to protect people from roaming
packs of dogs and to protect dogs
well taken care of from being
molested by roaming dogs? whe
ther those roaming dogs are
tagged or untagged.
A dog is supposed to be kept on
its owner's premises, just as a
farmer who owns cattle is sup
posed to keep the cattle confined
to his own pastures and not let
them roam on hit neighbor'! farm
or on the highways.
Dogs in Morehead City are sub
ject to be picked up and put in
the pound if they are not in the
company of their owner. If a
tagged dog is missing, it is ex
pected that the owner will call at
the pound, identify it and reclaim
it. The owner will not be arrested.
Morehead City is not the only
town attempting to curb the roam
ing dog problem. Many towns
have laws more strict than More
head City's.
The program is far from perfect.
Until a dog control program U
carried out on a county-wide basis,
the public will not be protected
from dogs roaming at large, creat
ing traffic hazards, breeding at
will, turning over garbage cans
and frightening? sometimes biting
?children.? The Editor.
Stamp News
Br SYD KKONISH
The first In the series of four
stamps commemorating the lei
quicentennial of the birth of Abra
ham Lincoln will be issued on
Aug. 27 at Freeport, 111. It also
marks the 100th anniversary of
the Lincoln-Douglas debates.
A reproduction of an old print
showing Lincoln addressing an out
door gathering with Douglas be
hind him is the main design of the
new adhesive.
The 4 cent stamp will bear the
Inscription "1851-1958" and "Lin
coln-Douglas Debates." The color
will be sepia.
Collectors deairing first day can
cellations nay send their ad
dressed envelopes, with remit
tances, to the Poctmaater at Free
port, m., prior to Aug. 27. The
outside envelope should be en
dorsed "First Day Cover* Lincoln
DoujUl Ptbiltt sump."
roijnesian naviKauini
In "KonTiki" (Doubleday), au
thor Thor Ileyerdahl tells of steer
ing their balsa raft across the Pa
cific :
"It was incredible how easy it
was to steer by the stars when
we had seen them marching across
the vault of the sky for weeks on
end ...
"The old Polynesians were great
navigators. They took bearings by
the sun by day and the stars by
night. Their knowledge of the hea
venly bodies was astonishing. They
knew that the earth was round,
and they had names for such ab
struse conceptions as the Equator
and the northern and southern
tropics.
"In Hawaii they cut charts of
the ocean on the shells of round
bottle gourds, and on certain other
islands they made detailed maps
of plaited boughs to which shells
were attached to mark the islands,
while the twigs marked particular
currents.
"The Polynesians knew five
planeU, j?hich they called wander
ing stars, and distinguished them
from the fixed stars, for which
they had nearly two hundred dif
ferent names. A good navigator in
old Polynesia knew well in what
part of the sky the different stars
would rise and where they would
be at different times of the night
and at different times of the year.
"They knew which stars culmi
nated over the different islands,
and there were cases in which an
island was named after a star
which culminated over it night
after night and year after year.
"Apart from the fact that the
starry sky lay like a glittering
giant compass revolving from east
to west, they understood that the
different stars right over their
heads always showed them how
far north or south they were. When
the Polynesians had explored and
brought under their sway their
present domain, which is the whole
of the sea nearest to America,
they maintained traffic between
some of the islands for many gen
erations to come.
"Historical traditions relate that,
when the chiefs from Tahiti visited
Hawaii, which lay more than 2,000
sea miles farther north and sev
eral degrees farther west, the
helmsman steered first due north
by sun and stars, till the stars
right above their heads told them
that they were on the latitude o f
Hawaii. Then they turned at right
angle and steered due west till
they came so near that birds and
clouds told them where the group
of islands lay."
And they did that in canoes.
Primitive?
Louis* Spivey
Words of Inspiration
HOMECOMING DAT
In 1W1, the First Baptist Church of Beaufort celebrated its one hun
dredth birthday. On Sunday, July 20, 1958, we celebrated our first
recrded "Homecoming Day".
This great day was planned by our pastor, the Rev. Alec Thompsoo,
our music director, Miss Ruth Durham, Mrs. P. A. Lewis, Mrs. Fred
Bertram, and Mrs. Lillian Arrington.
At the morning worship service, Mrs. G. T. Spivey, church clerk,
called the roll. Each member present stood and was recognized as their
names were called.
Mrs. P. A. Lewis, recognized special visitors and many noo-reaident
members who were back for their church's homecoming.
Mrs Lewis also recognized SDecial members of the church. Among
these were Mrs. Sidney
Whitehurst of Straits who i*
87 years old and has been ?
member of our church for
72 years. Although Mrs.
Whitehurst could not be
present due to her health,
members of her family
were asked to stand as the
membership paid special
tribute to its oldest mem
ber.
Mrs. L. C. Davis, who
was our 1955 Mother of the
Year, received the honor of
having the "family with
At Homecoming were Mrs. Shelba Spivey, the most members .
Mrs. Gay MUler, Miss Bonnie Robinson, Mirs Davis, as most of
Clay Miller, Miss Ruth Durham, Jim Smith. y,ou know is the mother of
eleven children. Ten of
these are members of our church. Perhaps you are wondering about
what happened to the eleventh. Well . . . this fine family was tQO per
cent Baptist, but one fell in love . . . and married ... a Methodist
preacher. I'm sure that answers your question.
The world judges a mother by the life of her children. If a child suc
ceeds in life, the world says, "He must have had a good mother." If
he fails, the world will say, "His mother must not have been all sha
should have been."
As the members of our church look into the lives of the children of
Mrs. Davis, we arc proud to honor her, and each Baptist's heart says,
"She must have been a very good mother."
Mrs. Lewis paid double tribute to the family of Mr. and Mrs. I. D.
Gillikin, with ten members of their family present. Among these was
our youngest church member, Miss Linda Tilghman, who is 9 years old.
This is one of our most active families. Mrs. Grant Leonard, a daugh
ter, is our church organist. Mrs. Clifford Tilghman, another daughter,
is superintendent of our Intermedi
ate Sunday bcnooi uepartmeni.
All adult members of this family
hold important offices in the work
of our church. The grandchildren
are all members of the church
school, and wlil be among our lead
ers of tomorrow.
A picnic lunch was served imme
diately following the service with
approximately 250 people attending.
On Sunday afternoon between 2
and 3, a reception was held in the
church recreation room honoring
our pastor, his wife, their children.
Norma, Joe, Mary and Ernest, and
our music director, Miss Ruth Dur
ham.
Our pastor left in the late after
noon to begin a week's revival at
the Bayboro Baptist Church.
Linda Tilghman, t
. . . youngest member
The evening worship service was in charge of Miss Durham who also
delivered the message.
With the events of the day so fresh in my thoughts, as I watched her
lead our Junior Choir and congregation in the singing of hymns, and
listened to her clear young voire, teaching the Word of God, I thought
"You must have been blessed with wonderful parents; I know they must
be so very proud."
F. C. Salisbury
Here and There
The following information If
taken from the files of the More
head City Coaster:
FRIDAY, AUG. S, 1919
Mrs. Abram Wade and daughter,
Sadie of Washington are here on
a visit to relatives.
Miss Nellie Wells, manager of
the telegraph officc in Washington,
is spending a few days in the c<ty
with her mother, Mrs. K. A. Or
mond.
Rupert Wade, USN, arrived in
the city Thursday for a short visit
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Wade.
S. A. Chalk and family, who
have been spending some time in
Waynesvillc, Va., have returned
home.
Miss Bessie Bell of New Bern
spent the weekend in the city with
Miss Pearl Ball.
The following marriage licenses
were issued the past week: Frank
Fales Marker of Morehead City to
Eva Littleton of Swansboro. W. A.
Neal of New Bern to Annie Jin
From the Bookshelf
The Naked race of uenius: una
Bartok'i American Years. By Aga
tha Fassett. Houghton Mifflin. $5.
In 1940 Bela Bartok, with his
wife Ditta, fled his native Hungary
to live here where he hoped to
continue composing and hopfcd, too,
with his wife, to earn money at
the piano.
Almost SO, he had five more
years to live. Mrs. Fassett, who
studied in Budapest where Bartok
taught, met the fugitives in New
York, helped them find and fur
nish an apartment, had them as
her guests, and remained a family
friend and retainer till Bartok's
death.
This was an association of hero
and hero-worshiper, the sort of
thing that has ruined many a biog
rapher. But Mrs. Fassett has not
allowed her love for Bartok's
genius and music to interfere with
bar love for the truth.
There is precious little about
music in these pages? "The Life
and Music o I Bela Bartok," by
Halsey Stevens, published five
years ago, takes case of that. Here
instead la the picture of a muaic
maker, pure music-maker, too. He
is a creative power that drives
ruthlessly to its goal, a power that
happens to have its seat in a man,
in a husband and father, but lets
none of the usual domestic, social
or fraternal obligations stand io
his way. This directness, this kind
of seeming transubstantiation of
the weak mortal flesh into the
everlasting stuff of concerto and
symphony, may bring commissions
from Koussevitzky and Mcnuhin,
but can be rude to friends, insult
benefactors and with outrageous
selfishness demand slavish ser
vices from intimates.
Here was, in short, a monstrous
ego? and yet undeniably one of the
priceless manifestations of the hu
man spirit. Here was a man
starkly unfit for social intercourse,
yet within his field friendly, lov
ing and kind. It was too much to
ask other human beings to put up
with him, yet what helps make
life precious to those other hu
mans is precisely the fruit of his
colossal intransigence. This it the
great creative quandary: If a man
is going to give himself to the
nctt of Beaufort. Romie Mann of
Newport to Eva Taylor, Newport.
John Blangcr of Harlowe to Celia
Parker, Beaufort, (colored).
Dennis Mason, prominent mer
chant of Atlantic, died Monday at
the local hospital. He was a life
time resident of Atlantic.
A carload of the finest dairy
cattle that could be bought was
on Wednesday brought here to be
put on Mrs. Hoffman's Bogue
Banks farm. One of the Holsteln
cows, in the lot of six, cost its
owner $3,000.
A hotel on the beach is assured
Morehead City in the announce
ment of V. A. Bedsworth, proprie
tor of the Charles Hotel and owner
of the pavilion and beach at At
lantic View Beach.
Fire of an incendiary origin was
discovered Monday night in the
ten pin alley opposite the Atlantic
Hotel. The fire was discovered by
Marvin Hughes who turned in the
alarm. A pot of tar had been
placed near the front door at the
head of the stairs, the blaze from
the burning tar having burned the
partition up to and through the
second floor. The quick response
of the local fire department saved
the building and contents from to
tal destruction.
At a meeting of the local Moose
Lodge Wednesday night in their
lodge room over Daniels' store,
the following officers were duly in
stalled: George W. Piner, dictator;
Sam Adler, vice-dictator; J. B,
A rmdrll. past dictator; S. L. Wil
lis, sergeant-at-arms; A. B. Rob
erts, inner guard; C. N. Hobbs,
outer guard; Horace Mizell, secre
tary; Jasper Phillips, treasurer.
More than 135 members have been
enrolled in the city's youngest or
der.
ages, he has mighty little time to
be trivial and commonplace over
? cocktail.
Do not let the flashy title mis
lead you. There's no "naked face
of genius" about this sensitive,
subtly developed account. Mrs.
Fassett with superb impersonality
lets Bartok tell his own astound
ing story of creation and the suf
fering it entails.
? W. G. Rogers