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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES Carterat County** Newspaper editorials TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1958 Zoning Holds Hidden Value If towns interested in expanding could offer the fringe areas nothing other than zoning, property owners in the outlying sections would be bene fited. Persons violently opposed to zoning tend to take the short-term view of ? things. They see zoning only as some thing that prevents their putting up a two-room house or stopping them from selling their property to a fish factory operator. They fail to see zoning as a protec tion against depreciated real estate values. Bogue Banks property owners, < in areas other than the town of Atlan tic Beach and private developments, may think they are sitting on a verita ble gold mine. Perhaps they are, but that mine can blow up right in their faces unless some rules are effected that will prevent the construction of any kind of building or business. Zoning offers such protection. This is especially important to the beach. The desirable class of people will not come to a beach town that has ' an approach littered with debris; they will not be interested in buying proper ty or building near a beach town that offers no assurance that a cheap tar paper shack won't be thrown up beside a $15,000 home. As Mayor A. B. Cooper, Atlantic Beach, pointed out at a recent meeting. persons on the fringes of the town would not be joining a town ridden with debt. In return for a negligible amount of tax, they would have a voice in town matters and would receive the many other benefits town residents en joy. It's all right to be independent and want to "go it alone" but if you want to do that in this day and age, it's best to find yourself a hut in the Canadian North woods or move to a deserted island. Persons who refuse to cooperate in a populous area in this age are jeopardizing their own future as well as the future of those around them. Zoning permits planned growth. Areas which are not extensively built up, such as the at?a here, can bypass a very expensive stage most other places have experienced. That is the stage wherein buildings are thrown up, de teriorate after a number of years and then have to be razed to do away with fire hazards and unhealthy conditions. By the time of razing, zoning laws have been enacted which attract the ' capital to put new, modern structures in place of the old dilapidated build ings. Will Carteret residents be far-sight ed enough to see the hidden value in zoning, or will they fall into the same rutty, expensive road that most areas have traveled? The near future will tell. A Rare Sight . . . It was heart-warming to see a group of people composed of FAMILIES when the Home Demonstration Club, women ticked off their achievements Jor the year at a program at the American Le- * gion building recently. Husbands and children were present. How many gatherings can you recall ?within the past several months that were comprised of mothers, fathers and their younger children? In this day of the baby-sitter, there are few such occasions? In church, per haps, you see a mother, father and the little ones, but usually there are nurs eries that care for youngsters during the church hour. At other meetings there seems to be an unwritten law, Adults Only. Undoubtedly, that arrangement is most convenient for all concerned. If it weren't, the practice of separating children from parents would not flour ish. Mother and Father feel, probably, that they are more greatly benefited by a church service if the young'uns aren't squirming beside them in the pew. And the youngsters consider them selves lucky that they don't have to while away the endless minutes. Look ing through the hymnbook gets tire some. Watching the lady in the pew in back soon loses its fascination. And making up stories about how you'd res cue the preacher if a piece of plaster ? suddenly started from the ceiling to ward his head soon grows dull ? main ly because it never happens. Mother goes her way, Dad goes his ? and the children are parked with a baby-sitting or are off to their own meetings. We're not saying there's any thing wrong with this, yet it does atir a sentimental chord to see ? family to gether once in a while. The menfolk at the Home Demon stration Club meeting didn't seem bored. Of course, there are always a few men just outside the front door talking the hour away (if there were a group of women doing that, the men would say they were gossiping). The > children were good. The little ones squirmed, naturally. They cared little for the speeches. But they were very well-behaved. Families today do not undertake the same activities in the same way as did the family of yesteryear. And no one ! can probably say which practice is bet ter. It can't be denied that once in a while you get a feeling of contentment and faith in the future when you see Mother, Dad and the children attend ing a meeting ? be it church, a rally or whatever ? together. Who's Relaxed? (Greensboro Daily News) The latest word from the fashion salons, if we understand rightly, is that the "sdck" and the "chemise" have had it They took the dress business out of the doldrums last year. But now they must give way to something even more insulting to male eyes : A high-waisted getup called the Empire Look, mean ing it goes back to the time of Na poleon. We asked a lady we know why wo men give in to these ludicrous style trends. "Women are crazy," she said. "They resist all they can ; then they de cide they can't let other women think they haven't bought a new dress." Get your wallets ready, men. The Empire Look is coming, sure as Sep tember. The couturiers say it gives wearers a "relaxed", "fluid" and "eased" look. You can say that again, couturier, but you aren't talking about our bank account. A famous manager of the former New York Giants once said, "A hard loser is generally a good athlete." When making this statement, he did not mean a poor loser. He was speak ing of the athlete who does not think lightly of defeat, and who will not stop trying when the odds are obviously favoring his opponents. Carteret County News-Times WINNER Of NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION AND NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION AWARDS A Merger s I The Beaufort News (Eft 1912) tad Hm Twin City Tlmea (Eat UN) PubUabed Tueadaya and Pridaya by the Carteret Publlihlng Company, Inc. SO* Arendell 8L. Marehead City. N. C. LOCKWOOD PHILLIPS - PUBLISHER ELEANORS DEAR PHILLIPS - ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER RUTH L. PEELING - EDITOR Mail Ratea: la Carta**! Ceonty and adjolnim oennttea, ?(.(? en* Tear, (MO aU moutHi; tLS oa* month; elaawhere p M one year, M.00 aiz montha, fLM ana Booth. Member el Aaaeclatad Preaa ? N. C. Preea Merantl 18 Eaat ?0th Street. New Yort M. N. T. I Aaaodated Preea la entitled exclusively to tue for republication ef local 1 in this newapaper, aa weO at an AP Ctty, N. (X, Under Act el Marah >, THE STOWAWAY Ruth Peeling Helene Floats Bus, Man Loses Boots R. C. O'Bryan, New Bern, traf fic manager for Seashore Trans portation Co. tells a hurricane tale, an event that happened during Helene : A Seashore bus was going through the little town of Clark on the other side of New Bern. Ahead of it was the car carrying Gov. Luther Hodges back to Raleigh. (The governor had just made his routine storm trip to the coast). There was quite a bit of water across the highway at one point. But the governor's car got through. The bus driver hesitated. Then he asked the people in the bus. "What should we do, should we try to make it?" They all said yes, they wanted to get home and as far from the coast as possible. The bus driver figured his vehicle was a lot high or than the governor's, so he went ahead. Just as he got to the deep est part of the water, he turned the steering wheel slightly, but there was no effect whatever, on the direction the bus was taking. He suddenly realized the bus was afloat. The bus was carried off the highway and set up against trees along the side. Passengers went out the windows, climbed trees and did everything to avoid what they figured was ccrtain drowning. The bus might have made it, as had tbe governor's car, but Mr. O'Bryan said that just at the time the bus was going through the wa ter, a railroad bridge up from the highway gave 'way, and a tre mendous rush of water was re leased. It flowed over the highway and caught the bus. ffi.TSE CO? QID BBS THIRTY YEARS AGO The Morehead City High School football team defeated Beaufort with a score of 30 to <. Al) the scoring was done by Morehead Citj'i star back, Leroy Guthrie. Interest in the coming election was being shown by the heavy registration of both Democrats and Republicans. W. M. Webb, R. W. Taylor, C. P. Dey, W. A. Mace, J. A. Guthrie, W. B. Blades and A. R. Marks had been instrumental in having new buoys erected on the coast TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Bobbie Bell of Morehead City was presented with a bronze medal and $500 by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission of Pittsburgh Pa., for saving Edward A. Council Jr. from drowning in the wateri of Bogue Sound. George and Raymond Ball of Harlowe were building one of the largest and most modern barns in the state. It was a three story structure and would be used aa a combined barn, stock house, tool abed and rat-proof corn crib. Miss Hazel Noe of Beaufort left Sunday for Cedar Island, where she would teach school during the autumn and winter. TEN YEARS AGO Little interest was shown in the election held this week. A. H. James, clerk of superior court, polled the most votes with 3,795. Mrs. B. F. Royal, membership chairman of the County Symphony Society, announced that the goal for the county was $750. Beaufort Mayor and Mrs. L. W. Hassell were among the people who greeted President Harry S. Truman when he landed at Cherry Point. FIVE YEARS AGO Hugh Salter was appointed county sheriff by the county com missioners. Bobby Bell of More head City was appointed deputy sheriff. Beaufort's new fire alarm sys tem went into operation over the weekend. Twenty-nine stations had been established. The Southern Railway had sur veyed the AfcNC Railroad and made an offer for its purchase. Captain Henry Sou'easter Hera it Is, election day. The local Republicans have been uncommonly quiet this time . . . maybe instead of being hypno tized, they're Adams-ized. I'm wondering how much difference it makes to have Sherman Adama out of the White House. It may make Republican cam paigners feel better, but the Dem ocrats are not going to quickly forgive and forget a political hay maker like the Adams-Goldflne mesa. Local Democrats are interesting characters. They never take any thing for granted. It looka <as though they're a shoo-in, yet for the past several weeka the can didates have been out visiting around, aelling themselves and the Democratic party. Of course, they all have Job* at stake, whereas the- Republicans don't. In other words, their liveli hood 1a np for grab* in this elec tion. Sheriff Hugh Salter's campaign literature conaiats mainly of a card on which the following appears: Calls come by night and come by day. They may be near or miles away. Pf'i on the rampage, he's got ? gun; Been looking for Miw since half past one. So we Jump in our flivver and hit the trail. And drive Ilka a streamline car rying the mail. Our only hope and all we can figure Ii to be on hand when Fa pulla the trigger. We finally arrive and amid con fusion, We learn the affray was a simple delusion. Now that's a sample at what wa do? An endless variety ol the old and the new. It may be a prowler, burglar, a drunk; He may steal your billfold or your trunk. We set out to catch him and do . our beat; We catch our percentage and lose the rest. Sometimes they plead guilty and the judge will, scold. Then half the county Wanta them paroled. / So it'a quite a gam* and U you stay right In, You'll get a pat on the back and a sock on the chin. But I like it, and I'm ahwVting no tear*? I'd like to be aberiff for four ?ore years. Well, no one drowned because of the incident. The bus was res cued. Luggage was wet, and little by little, belongings of the passen gers were claimed. One day a colored man who was on the bus walked into the New Bern station and asked if they had found on that "floating" bus a pair of rubber boots. Mr. O'Bryan said they had. Then in the course of conversation, he asked the man why in the world he had left his boots (which be had been wearing) on the bus. "I don't know," the man replied, "when 1 left that bus, somebody must have been standing on them." Storm insurance adjusters comc across some rather weird tales. One of the more fantastic ones comes out of Lumberton. There a woman sought insurance payment for a tv tube that went out during Helene. She said she had her tv tuned to Wilmington to get reports on the storm there, and if she hadn't had it tuned to that channel on which storm pictures were being shown, the tube never would have gone out! The adjusters had a time ex plaining to her that she couldn't get insurance payment for that! The effects of Helene are still being felt. The Sanitary Fish Mar ket and Restaurant has called off its big addition. Although the steel pilings have already been ordered for the new two-deck restaurant on Morchead City waterfront, Capt. Tony Scamon says they won't be put down this winter as plannod. The pile-driver is so busy putting back docks and other buildings damaged in Helene that the work at the Sanitary couldn't be started soon enough to have the restaurant ready to open early in 1959. They're still asking what was the name of that northeaster of Oct. 11-20. Since the governor didn't show up down here during that storm and it is traditional that he's always buzzing around at a time like that, why not call the nor-east er Luther? The Carteret Community Theatre would certainly like to have its hammer, pliers, screwdriver, and paint returned. These items dis appeared last spring while people were having proms and boat shows In the recreation building. The theatre doesn't mind the items' being borrowed (even though groups using the building were told not to go backstage) but it certainly would like to have them returned. If anyone has in advertently put the tools and paint in his own workshop, please stop by the recreation building and put them backstage where you found 'em. Ann Brown tells this one. The wife oi a now-prominent North Carolina congressman, on first tak ing up residence in Washington, D. C., made the usual round a f calls to homes of other political figure*, leaving her card? as is the custom in Washington social political circles. On that particular afternoon, Mrs. Congressman was in the car ready to start out when she rea lized she bad left her calling cards in the house. She asked the chauf feur to go in and get them. He did and they started on their rounds. The afternoon was coming to ? close? the chauffeur had been bus ily carrying the cards to the doors and leaving them.' Mrs. Congress man said she was glad they had ocly six mora calls to make. 11m chauffeur said, "Well, ma'm, what are we going to do? We have only two cards left, the queen at hearts and Jack at dia louHy Sptvy Words of Inspiration WHY I VOTE I vote beciuse I am an American, and I believe In Democracy. Before I mark my ballot I have made it a point to inquire into th? Uvea of those whose names appear, regardless of party, for 1 believe the people should come first. Today, if I were to start building a house, I would first select the best builder that I could afford. On Election Day, we are building or repairing America's House ot Dcmocrary, and I feel that I must aelect the best candidate qualified to fill the job. I will admit that listening to political speeches Is tiresome. Espe cially when we have to hear mud-slinging about bow sorry, common and low-down the men are that I voted for on last Election Day. The potential candidate should remember that most of us read the papers, listen to the radio, and watch the news on television too, and are awara of the short-comings of a man now in office. As 1 listen to a political speech, I want to bear what that candidate plans to do if elected. What is his platform? How docs he plan to serve the people of our county, state or nation? After he is elected, in not more than six months I want to see soma results of his promises made to the people on Election Day. Voting is a sacred trust, and opportunity. We need on our ballot good Christian men and women who has as much concern for the next gen eration as they do for the job they are trying to get, who is first aa American, then a politician. Ralph B. Potts, in his annual report for the American Bar Associa tion on American Citizenship writes: "The blood of free men stain my ballot sheet. Whatever others may do, 1 shall not carelessly make my mark. I vote, not because I can, bid because 1 must. Those that died for this, my voice in Government, had a right to expect that I would prepare with every faculty to use it wise ly, honestly and courageously. They did not die that blind partisans, or the reckless might ma!- a game of free elections. "Only my secret heart knows whether I justify the definition of 'Voter' as they wrote it in the reddening sand. If I love my country ai they did, I question by qualification again and again. "1 carefully study the issue and candidates to determine, not what is best for me or my minority, but what is best for my country. "I will not be confused or deceived by propaganda, slogans or hii torionics. "I shield my eyes to the glitter of personalities, purge my mind of passion and prejudice, and search diligently for the hidden truth. "I must be free of all influence save that of conscience and justice. "I vote as if my ballot alone decided the contest. I may lose my preference, but I will not throw away my sacrcd vote. For within the booth, I hold in my humble hands the living proxy of all my country'! honored dead." Today is Election Day. It Is your Day. A Day that many Americana have fought and died for, so that we might be a "free people" and enjoy this great privilege. Your vote Is Important. Be sure to vote for th? candidate that you feel will best serve our county and our state. MODERN POLITICS There's much in modern politics that many men don't like: Such as the claim that all our ills are caused by ruler Ike; Or as the claim by his own party that unless he wins To rule again as President, far worse will be our sins In economic blunders, with our taxes rising high; In fact, there's much in politics that soundcth like a lie. There's much In politics that we should revolutionize: Mud-slinging and all crookedness we soon should ostracize; The campaign speeches on both sides should be constructive, clean, And plain enough that all the issues might be clearly seen: And then let folks consider things for which the runners stand, And then just vote for whom they think would better serve our land. Ernest C. Durham Comment ? ? ? J. Kellum Preserving a Tranquil Mind Epictctus, who died about the time Jesus began to teach, prob ably received his education while he was a slave in a Roman house hold. He eventually obtained his freedom, but before as well as after his servitude, he enjoyed re spect as a wise man. His thoughts, the "Discourses" of Epictetus are standard reading even today for liberal arts students. What we know of his background helps us to understand the basis of his knowledge: "Of Tranquility," he says, "Con sider, you who are going to court, what you wish to preserve, and in what to succeed. For if you wish to preserve a mind in harmony with nature, you are entirely safe; everything goes well; you have no trouble on your hands . . . For who is master of things like these? Who can take them away? If you wish to be a man of modesty and fidelity, what shall prevent you? . . . who shall compel you to de sires contrary to your principles; to aversions contrary to your opin ion? The judge, perhaps, will past a sentence against you, which he thinks formidable; but can he like wise make you rcccive it with shrinking? Since, then, desire and aversion are in your own power, for what have you to be anxious?. . "But if you wish to retain pos session of outward things, too, your body, your estate, your repu tations, I advise you immediately to prepare yourself, your reputa tions, t advise you immediately to prepare yourself by every possible preparation; and besides, to con sider the disposition of your judge and of your adversary. If it be necessary to embrace his knees, do so; if to weep, weep; if to groan, groan. For when you have once made yourself a slave to ex ternals, be a slave wholly; do not struggle and be alternately willing and unwilling, but be simply and thoroughly the one or the other . . . "If both alternatives be shame ful, learn immediately to distin guish where good and evil lie. They lie where truth likewise lies. Where truth and nature dictates, there exercise caution or courage. Why, do you think that if Socrates had concerned himself about externals, he would have said, when he ap peared at his trial, 'Anytus and Melitus may indeed kill me but they cannot harm me'? "How should I know what to ad vise you? Ask me rather to teach you to accommodate yourself to whatever may happen ... if you have practiced, you are ready pre pared . . .; if not, bow can I ad vise you? For If circumstancei dictate something different, what will you aay, or how will you act? Remember then, the general rule, and you will need no special sug gestions; but if you are absorbed in externals, you must necessarily be tossed up and down, according to the inclination of your master. "Who is your master? Whoso* ever controls those things which you seek or (bun." From the Bookshelf Once Dice Trice. By Alstair Reid, drawings by Ben Shahn. At lantic-Little, Brown. $3.S0. The Ob ject Lesson. By Edward Gorey. Doubleday. $2. Mr. Otis. By Ste wart H. Holbrook, Maemillan. $3. Ounce thing these trice books have in common ia pictures, and about the onlv other thing, beaidea of course being put together on a scribbitch of papers, is that they don't resemble other books. Can you define piddocks, mum ruffin, pobbies, thrumblcd, pug gree, paxwax, tirrivee or Jiggery pokery? Then turn to Alstair Reid and study Shahn'a illustrations. Reid the poet made a collection of his own made-up words, not words a la Stein, not a la Joyce but most engagingly Alastair. He counts ounce dice trice quartz quince aago serpent oxygen nitrogen denim. When be drives over a manhole cover it goea klnclunk; phlooph la sitting on ? cushion; trts-traa to cutting paper; and ram tam gee pickagee? wouldn't you know it?? is feeling good, or the way you are after reading these pagea and enjoying Shahn's wonderfully de vised illustrations. ? Gorey's "Object-Leison" accord ing to the Jacket is ? "moral tale about Nothing-at-All." It is told in grim gray pictures with cap tions. It is a sort of nightmarish concoction about the inside-out and upside-down land of topsy-turvy dom. "Mr. Otis" la another spoof at "art moderae," and this time it's even documented: Holbrook's book has nearly 30 "reproductions" in color of the art of the until now unknown Mr. Otis. Modern art will probably never survive this blow by Mr. Holbrook ?I mean Mr. Otis? 1 mean Mr. Holbrook. SmiUaWhiU At a well-known night club, an ex -politician, baldish and puffy, was entertaining a cute young thing at dinner. Some tables away, an other male diner, observing them remarked: "Look at Harry show ing off for that blonde ? putting sugar into hia coffee instead U saccharine 1"
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