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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES Caitwwt County's N? EDITORIALS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1958 It's You Who Pay Who owns the school buildings? You do. So does your neighbor. They don't belong to the county board of educa tion, or the principal or the teachers. The school buildings are built with your money. Thus, the people and their chil dren should be interested in keeping them in good condition. Yet, after every summer, window lights must be replaced in almost every school in the county. This damage is not confined, however, to the summer time. Over the winter, rocks and BB shot take a heavy toll. The rocks and BB shot are not self-propelled. The launchers of these missiles are usually persons of school age. It is un derstandable why a child may want to damage a school. Trying to explain why an adult uses school windows as a target for rifle practice is a bit more difficult. That same adult is the fellow who is required to pay taxes to keep the , schools in good shape. Incredible that : adults should damage school property? School authorities say that in the more remote parts of the county the children aren't totally to blame for vandalism. Right now, wheels have been set in motion to get money to build new schools. But it will be several years ? even if everything goes smoothly ? be fore those new buildings will be avail able. Our present buildings have to be kept in good shape. They must be used after the new school buildings are built. If they are not kept in shape, that means that the day when they must be replaced will come quickly and again the burden of replacing them will fall on the taxpayer. Every year hundreds of dollars go in to repairing damage at schools, dam age that has been inflicted deliberately. Over the years those hundreds of dol lars have amounted to enough to equip a fine science laboratory, or build a new cafeteria. But those dollars can't be used for that They are 4ollars that have flown, used to replace something that whs here and was wantonly destroyed. The county board of education is charged with the responsibility of keep ing the school buildings in good shape. The board does that, but it needs the help of citizens who have pride in the schools they build and who are anxious to keep school operating costs as low as possible. Adults should think of this and im press upon their children the fact that breaking a window at school is just as costly to their parents as a window broken at home. The Bridegroom s Father The bride gets the big play, the mother of the bride runs second, the bridegroom comes in a poor third, the father of the bride is needed to pay the bills and give the bride away, the mother of the bridegroom is usually mentioned in the wedding write-up as having worn something to the wedding, and the father of the bridegroom . . . well, come to think of it, the bride groom does have a father, doesn't he? Some day somebody is going to re member this poor forgotten man ? this man who sees his noble son being wasoed by that snip of a girl who ia to lazy she probably won't even get UP in the morning to cook his breakfast! Of course, with these sentiments the mother of the bridegroom wholeheart edly concurs. But, they consolingly tell themselves, HE got himself into this, so we'd best just go along and hope for the best. (Five years later when they're proudly flashing pictures of their grandchildren, they'll call you "crazy" if you remind them of any misgivings they had when they saw their heir be ing led to the altar) . Once in a while, though, somebody does remember that the bridegroom 'has a father. He's invited to a stag party one night prior to the wedding. Some day, the write-up of one of these parties is going to appear in the news paper and it will go like this: Mr. Oscar Winkle entertained at a steak dinner at his home Thursday night in honor of Mr. Peter Laughing boy, bridegroom-to-be. Upon the ar rival of the guest of honor, he was pre sented with a boutonniere of straw/ flowers. A similar boutonniere was al so presented to his father, Mr. William Laughingboy. Following the serving of sparkling beverages, the host invited the guests to the patio where he served 2-inch charcoaled steaks, skillfully burned by himself. Then the guest of honor opened his many lovely gifts ? boxes of cigars, pipe rack, lounging robe, electric shaver with its own padlocked box, a book of advice to bridegrooms, and as a special gift from the host, a collapsi ble doghouse that can be carried any where. Games, which involved decks of cards, followed, and prizes, in the form of legal tender, were awarded the lucky ones. Good-byes were said at 3 o'clock in the morning. Although the father of the bridegroom told his host he had a wonderful time, in an after-midnight speech he remarked that he was glad he had but one son to contribute to society. The Children's Hour (Milwaukee Journal) Gather around, children. Before handing out this week's allowance, let daddy tell you a story about an Eng lish boy named Charles, who also likes candy. Its' a true story that happened just the other day. This boy, who is 9, gets only (2.80 every three months for spending money. That's a little over three cents > day. In other words, if an ice cream barman came around every day, ring ing his bell, poor Charles would have to wait three or four days each time before he could buy one. Or he could have a bar every day for a month ? and then go without for two months. ' Horrible, isn't it? Well, a few days ago -he found that he had spent all of his money, so he sold some of his things in order to get a little extra cash. But when he went to the candy shop, the woman in charge wouldn't sell him candy, be cause she knew that he wasn't sup posed to spend any more than what his parents gave him. And do you know who Charles really is? He is a prince, and one day he will be the king of England! But even so, Prince Charles doesn't get as much spending money as you do. Think about that the next time the ice cream barman comes around. Oh, is he here now? Well, here's your money. Good-by. Carteret County News-Times WINNER OF NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION AND NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION AWARD8 A Merger of The Beaufort Newi (Eat 1912) and The Twin City Timet (Eft ISM) Published Tuesdaya and Prldaya by the Carteret PsbUahlng Company, Inc. to* Araadell St., Morebead City, N. C. LOCSWOOO PHILLIPS - PUBLISHER ELEANORE DEAR PHILLIPS - ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER i RUTH L. PEELING - EDITOR Mail Rstee: la Carteret density and adtMniac espnttes, 4MB aaa year, $?J0 aU months, SLS aaa month; elsewhere 17.00 ana yaar, H.S0 aU months, fUO ana mootk. Member at Aisoristed Praas ? N. C. Preaa Associate National Editorial Asaodatton - Audit Bunas of Circulations National Advertiaing RepreaenUtlra Moras * Flacker, Inc. M last 40tb Street, New York It, N. T. Iks Aasodsted Press Is sntitted exclusively to use fair republication c I local news printed Is MS newspaper, sa wall aa aH AP nawa dlapatckaa latent as Second Ctesa Msttar at Motskoad City, N. C., Undar Aet ef March i, IMS -- - ? - ?? - - ? ? ? ? ? GREAT SPORT WHILE THE AIR HOIDS OUT - Security for You... By RAY HENRY Your chances of working after you reach 65 are getting slimmer all the time What does this mean if you're a young fellow just starting out? If you're middle aged? Or, if you're nearing 65? Two things for certain: You'd better not count much on being able to work after 65 to sup plement your Social Security checks, company pensions or sav ings. You'd better know how much So cial Security you'll have coming, how much your company pension is worth, and, most of all, how much money you ought to save out of your wages so you can live com fortably in your old age. The proof of the slimmer chances you have of getting a job after 65 is in these Labor Department fig ures. In 1900, nearly two out of three men 65 or over worked. Today, less than two out of every five are workiag. In 1965, only one out of three men (5 or over will be work ing. And? unless you're a farmer, a professional man or in a mana gerial job? the chances of your working after 65 are considerably less than these figures show. Most of the jobs open to older people are and will continue to be in farming, the professions and man aging where forced retirement doesn't play as big a part as in other occupations. The main reason more older people aren't working is that the number of jobs open to them hasn't kept up with the increase in their number. In 1900, there were only three million people 65 or over. A million and a half were men and a million of them worked. Today, there are 15 million 65 or over. Seven million are men and only two and a half million of them arc working. There arc several reasons why the number of jobs hasn't kept pace with the increase in older people. Since 1900, the country has changed from an agricultural to an industrial nation. We've moved from an era of small shops and small businesses into one with chain stores and big business. With these changes has come rules by employers of not hiring older workers and compelling re tirement at a fixed age? usually 63. And, many industries have pro duction methods which require young and vigorous workers. At the same time, there is a growing public acceptance of the desirability of retirement. This, probably, is a reflection of the dif ficulties older people have in find ing jobs and the preference of many for more leisure in old age even with less income. In 1900, more of the aged could continue to work in their own stores or shops and on their own farms beyond the age of 65. (Editor's Note: You may con tact the social security repre sentative at the courthouse an nex, Beaufort, from 9:30 a.m. to noon Mondays. He will help you with your own particular prob lem). Free Wheeling Br BILL CROWELL THEN ft NOW . . . Gunfighting is t deadly art not now noticeably practiced by Col. James R. Smith, commanding officer of the award winning State Highway Patrol. But that isn't to say the poker faced lawman hasn't slung vengeful bul lets in the past and dodged his share of incoming slugs as well. Like in 1S37 when he and a fel low officer swapped shots with an accused cop killer? the notorious Wash Turner. It was Sergeant Smith in those days, only eight years after the patrol was organized. The highway patrol then had many motorbikes and few automobiles. Sgt. Smith was driving one on a routine pa trol near Carolina Beach when he braked his car to a sudden stop and tuned his ears to a radio mes sage. Presently Cpl. H. J. Sloan joined him. Together the two troop ers listened as the radio uttered a welcome tip. Only a short time before one of their fellow officers, Pfc. George Penn, had been gunned down from ambush by two desperadoes. The pair? Wash Turner and Bill Payne ?bad managed to elude authorities and were believed to have parted company. The crackling radio mes sage indicated, however, that Tur ner and a new companion were thought to be in the vicinity of Carolina Beach. Investigate, the radio commanded. Cpl. Sloan hopped off his motor cycle and joined Sgt. Smith as the patrol car pulled away. This was a mission they intended to see through successfully. They had an identification of the two culprita, ? license number, and plenty of determination. They had to suc ceed. Arriving at the Masonboro Loop Road, Sgt. Smith caught sight of the suspect's car. "That's it," both officers said simultaneously Man euvering hi* car into position, Sgt. Smith touched bis siren and fell back warily. The car failed to stop. During the interval alongside the nupect'f car, though, the two troopers had recognized the occu pants and knew they mutt be armed. The fleeing car picked up speed, heading toward nearby Wilming ton. Close behind was Smith and Sloan, urging the patrol car up wards to 60, 70, 80 miles an hour. As Col. Smith recalls the inci dent today, Turner then climbed into the back seat, while his com panion at the wheel tried desper ately to outdistance the pursuing officers. He knocked out the rear window with a Krag .30 calibre rifle and opened fire. By this time both cars were hitting 90 miles an hour. "Sloan and I both managed to re turn the fire," Col. Smith lays. "Then this side of Wilmington one of us, I couldn't say which, hit Turner's accomplice square in the head. He lost contrq) of the car and spun off the road headlong into a barbecue stand and turned over. Turner, as I remember, was thrown clear." "When we saw what had hap pened Sloan took off after Turner who was heading for the woods. I pulled the driver from the wrecked car and put in a call for an ambulance. He was cut up pret ty badly." Sloan, meanwhile, was having the toughest break of hit career. The fleeing Turner, apparently deciding the jig waa up, had stop ped in his tracK* at the trooper's command to halt. Then ia Sloan was approaching, gun drawn, he slipped in a drainage 'ditch and aprawled face down. Turner took advantage of this untimely distrac tion and set tail once again. He gained the woods and disappeared. But not for long Col. Smith re calls. Only a few weeks after Smith and Sloan's encounter with the desperado, FBI agents under Edward Scheldt (now Commission er of Motor Vehicles) surrounded Turner in Sanford where he gave up without a struggle. Turner and his erstwhile com panion, Bill Payne, were subse quently put to death 1b tin electric chair. Comment . . . j. Keiium Weakness of Literacy Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in an authority on art (his Boston Mu seum of Art is Mccca for Ameri can students of same) and hii forays in philosophy arc immense ly interesting. Not that his ideas arc always palatable to those who sincerely believe in the divinity of Christ and His authority, and he talks about Christianity, but he is very intelligent and he says many things worthy of wide attention. For example, he takes us to task in "Am I My Brother's Keeper?" (An Asia Press Book published by The John Day Co., N. Y. 1943) for our fantastic preoccupation with the written word. Sample this ex cerpt ; Quoting Plato, "This invention (of letters) will produce forgctful ncss in the minds of those who learn to use it, because they will not exercise their memory. Their trust in writing, produced by ex ternal characters which arc no part of themselves, will discour age the use of their own memory within them. You have invented an elixir not of memory, but of reminding; and you offer your pu pils the appearance of wisdom, not true wisdom, for they will read many things without teaching and will therefore seem to know many things (Professor E. K. Rand's 'more and more of less and less'), and when they are for the most part ignorant and hard to get along with, sincc they are not wise but only wiseacres.' "There is nothing strange or pe culiar in Plato's point of view; it is one, for example, with which every cultured Indian unaffected by modern European influences would agree wholly. Sir George A. Grierson, who says that 'the an cient Indian system by which lit erature is recorded not on paper but on the memory and carried down from generation to generation of teachers and pupils (survives) in Kashmir. Such fleshly tablets of the heart are often more trust worthy than birch bark or paper manuscripts. The reciters, even when learned Pandits, take every care to deliver the message word for word,' and records taken down from professional storytellers are thus 'in some respects more val uable than any written manu script." "From the Indian point of view a man can only be said to know what he knows by heart; what he must go to a book to be reminded of, he merely knows of. There are hundreds of thousands of Indians even now who daily repeat from knowledge by heart either the whole or some large part of Bhagava Gita; others more learn ed can recite hundreds of thou sands of verses of longer texts. "It was from a traveling village singer in Kashmir that I first heard sung the Odes of the classi cal Persian poet, Jalau'd-Dln Ru mi. From the earliest times, In dians have thought of the learned man, not as one who has read much, but as one who has been profoundly taught. It Is much rather from a master than from any book that wisdom can be learned." Those of us who have enjoyed ? large dose of education can appre ciate his view of ua as "knowing of' things. And where are our reg ular old-fashioned performances of speeches and verses from mem ory? Even the tv bit-player reads her couple of lines from an off stage blackboard. SmiU a WhiU William Smith obtained ? Job aa gardener at a large house. The mistress took a great Interest in the garden, and one day, seeing Smith rather bu?y, went up to him and said: "And how'a my sweet william this morning?" Smith, rather taken aback, aaid: "Well, m*'m, U you want to be ao thindlr, juat call m? Mill'' loub> Sphwy Words of Inspiration FAULT-FINDING The fault-fiBding habit is ? bad one. It it Miily acquired and not easily broken. We live in an imperfect world. Everything ii flawed and defective. Institutions blunder and fall abort el the ideal. AD people are erring creatures, and their faults give us offense, but one should not pay too much attention to the faults of others or to the defects of the world. One may become a chronic fault-finder, and In that case he will bo come a grumbler, and he may degenerate into a growler; and if he growls long enough he will become a cynic. When a man has become a cynic, he has reached the bottom ? he is of no account to himself or anyone elae. He is a nuisance and a stumbling block. He did not Intend at the start to become a cynic. He began by finding fault and the habit grew on him until his mind became twisted and his heart tour. If all the gold in the world were melted into a solid cube, it would be about the size of a eight-room house. If a man possessed all that gold ? billions of dollars worth ... he could not buy a friend . . . character . . . peace of mind . . . clear conscience . . or a sense of se curity. A sun-dial standing upon the pier in Brighton, England, bean these hopeful words, '"Tia alwaya morning somewhere in the world." Fear la lack of faith. Lack of faith is ignorance. Fear can only be cured by vision. Give the world eyes. It will see. Give It eara. It will hear. Give it a right arm. It will act. Man needs time and room. Man needs soil, rain and sunshine. Needs a chance. Open all your doors and windows. Let everything pass freely in and out, out and in. Even the evil. Let it pass out and in, in and out. No man hates the truth. But most men are afraid of the truth. Make the truth easier than a lie. Make the truth welcomer than its counterfeits. Then man will no longer be afraid; being afraid is being ignorant. Being ignorant is being with out faith. ? Horace Traubel Four men, the greatest living authorities on Chinese culture, were in conference endeavoring to decide the outstanding characteristics of the Chinese people. They unanimously agreed on the quality of reason ableness. If all people of the world were as reasonable as the Chinese, there would be no wars, and all disputes would be easily settled. There are two Chinese proverbs that summerize the Chinese attitude. The first is this: "If you lose your temper it is a sign that you have wrong on your side." And this is the second: "Dogs and cats fight, men reason." Both of these proverbs might well be posted in every industrial plant, in every business office, in every government office in the land. A tre mendous amount of time is wasted by petty quarrels and disagreements. When we fight among ourselves, we help the enemy in his fight against us. If we would settle all disputes in a spirit of reasonableness and good will, we would start moving forward with giant strides. The next time you have a problem to solve, try using the two Chinese proverbs. They are powerful harmonizers. What lies behind us or before are tiny matters compared with what lies in us. QUOTES We have committed the Golden Rule to memory, now let ui commit it to lite. The soul of a man can be free only when it is captive of God. The longest journey begins with a single step. A great many open minds should be closed for repairs. A loose tongue often gets in a tight place. A soft answer has often been the means of breaking a hard heart. Some folks forget to look up until they are flat on their backa. The Readers Write Harkers Island, N. C. Sept. 23, 1958 To the Editor: I want to publiah this article be cause I want all of my friends to know what the Lord has done for me. I didn't have anything but an afflicted son and a husband in the state sanatorium at McCain, N. C., and ?n old house that no one would have for a barn. But the Lord worked it around that some men from Charlotte came on the Island to build houses and they built me one. The bouse Is four rooms. It is, not the prettiest in the world, but to me the greatest. It is cool in the summer and keeps the sun out, and warm in the winter and keeps the cold out. I want everyone who reads this to come and see my old house and then see my new one. That is how the Lord blessed me. I would like to thank everyone for what they did to make it pos sible for me to have a new home and things to go in it, even rugs for my floor. The hardest task I faced was paying my taxes because I am a poor woman. You know our taxea have to be paid to keep our schools up and the good work of our coun try. But the good Lord worked it around that I got the money to pay all of my taxes. There U a vote for our county commissioners and they are all good men, and if God la for you who can be against youT Mr*. Bessie Scott SCHOLARS PREFERRED Morehead City, N. C. Sept. 19, 1958 To the Editor: The members of the Emeritus Civic Club of Carteret County at its regular meeting held at The Webb Memorial Civic Center on September 15, 1951, voted unani mously to adopt a resolution con gratulating Mr. W. S. Kidd on his open letter to THE NEWS-TIMES published September 12, 1958, pointing out the recognition given athletes over scholars and em phasizing the need for more ac knowledgement of the endeavors and accomplishments of students for their scholastic effort. The Emeritus Civic Club en dorsed wholeheartedly the argu ments contained in this letter. The Emeritus Civic Clab tl Carteret Coaaty F. C. Sdhbury Here and There The following information la taken (rem the fUe? of the More head City Coaater: FRIDAY, SEPT. M, 1*1* Banka Arendell returned to Ra leigh this week after spending a few days here with Mrs Arendell. Frank Klein and family formerly of thia city, now of Richlands, ar rived here Saturday. Mri. Beulah Rich left Monday for Bainbridge, Ga.. where the will spend some time with her son, W. H. Wallace. Miss Elodie Webb will leave Monday for Washington where she will aaaume her duties as aaaistant secretary to Congressman S. M Brinaon. Mr. and Mrs. John Deppe left Monday for Aahevllle after spend ing several days her* as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Willis at their home on 10th Street. Mrs. Sybil Willis Ptver of this city paased her nth birthday last Friday. Capt. Vincent Oakamith, recently diacharged from the Army, has returned to West Palm Beach, Fte-, tifi yttm saver aj dajri here with hli lister, Mrs. J. W. Widdington. Leonard Fulcber. young ?on of Joseph Fulcher of this city, ar rived home from New York where he was recently discharged from the Navy. The marriage of Miss Bessie Ray Penny to Cecil R. Willis of thia city took place in Wilmington Thursday afternoon of last week. The 45th annual session of the Independent Order of SamarUana and Daughters of Samaria con vened here Wednesday, the guest of Progresalve Lodge No. 244 of this city. Dr. T. W. Thurston, paa tor of St. Stephens AME Zkm church waa boat to the delegates. PUnty of Room "Why do you want to enter the United States?" the immigration official aaked. "I want to lead a peaceful life and make an booeat living," re plied the immigrant "Good," aatd the official. "Thafa pot ooe at our overcrowded fields." -Gnat Nortbam Gnat