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EDITORIALS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1958
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Who's the Loser?
It was stated editorially in this col
umn several weeks ago that if a town
had nothing but zoning to offer resi
dents beyond town limits, zoning in it
self was sufficient reason for those res
idents' becoming a part of the town.
That statehient should have been
qualified: a town that offers zoning
t and ENFORCES its zoning ordinance
has something to offer out-of-towners.
Beaufort has not followed its zoning
ordinance in several instances, the lat
est incident being the docking of men
haden boats in a residential area. The
dock is located in front of the postof
fice and is privately owned.
The zoning ordinance specifically
prohibits commercial operation, such
as menhaden boats or piers, in a resi
dential area.
Several years ago a resident of Beau
fort went before the town board with
a proposal to buy property in the block
between Queen and Pollock Streets,
construct docks on the waterfront in
that block and service all types of ma
rine craft. Embodied in the idea was
the objective of offering better service
to yachtsmen and providing, perhaps, a
modern motel across the street to ac
commodate water tourists.
The town board didn't budge. No
sir. That was attractive waterfront
property and they weren't going to
mess it up with any commercial opera
tion. Wasn't it zoned residential? OK,
the board said, that's the way it's going
to stay.
But, apparently, what applies to one
resident of the town does not apply to
another. It's a funny thing about the
law ? it usually means that everybody
has to obey it, unless, of course, gov
erning authorities do not choose to en
force it.
But when a governing authority en
forces the law for one fellow and not
for another, it's bound to run into trou
ble.
The zoning ordinance specifically
charges the building inspector with the
responsibility of enforcing the zoning
ordinance. But the building inspector
has to have the full backing of the
mayor and town board. There is evi
dence to the effect that in the present
menhaden boat problem, he does not
have that backing.
Beaufort town officials wonder why
they have opposition to expanding the
town limits. It's incidents such as this
one, that accumulate over the years,
that make people wary of getting in
volved with the town.
Perhaps the town board intends to
enforce the ordinance. But maybe it's
too late. More drastic steps have been
taken. And who, in the final analysis,
will be the bigger loser?
Patrol Declares War
In view of the recent war declared
by the State Highway Patrol on traffic
violators, anyone who exceeds the
speed limit or tries to get away with
other violations is begging for trouble.
The North Carolina State Highway
. Patrol has not been tops in the nation
without effort ? and if we know the
patrol, it's not going to let that honor
slip through its fingers just because
some careless drivers mess up the
state's traffic safety record. f
Twenty-six persons were killed on*
the state's highways last weekend; 18
, were killed the weekend before.
It doesn't take many weekends like
that to knock a low fatality record into
a cocked hat.
And while we're on the traffic sub
ject, a word of caution to motorists ac
customed to spinning along Ann Street
in Beaufort. Under the new traffic set
up, cars going north and south on Tur
ner have the right of way.
. It takes a long time to change habits
and if some motorist forget*, some
time there may be a crackling smash
up at the Turner-Ann intersection.
Beaufort's new traffic plan to adjust
to the highway relocation is good. If
and when the state approves, stop
lights will be working and more traffic
?igns placed to help the motorist.
Meanwhile, the word has gone out,
from Raleigh to every hamlet, if you're
walking or behind the wheel, watch it!
You Doubt It?
If anyone cares to argue the point
that "theatre" and "drama" is art, all
he need do is listen to some of the com
ments after persons have seen a play.
No play-viewer sees the same thing.
Just like a person viewing a painting
? each ones sees it differently.
After seeing the recent community
theatre play. Papa is All, one play
goer declared, "I'll tell you right now,
I didn't like the play. I certainly didn't
like Papa. He scared me."
Papa was SUPPOSED to scare peo
ple. He was not a lovable character. If
he had portrayed the role as such, he
couldn't lay claim to the title of "ac
tor". A lot of folks still think that a
"play" is something, that you see
wherein you know personally every
character, and even though one is to
portray a two-headed monster, you still
can see that he's really Johnny Blinker,
who lives next door. He has dressed
up in a costume and is just "carrying
on".
That is not theatre ? it is not art
nor is it drama. It's mainly a lot of
foolishness and certainly does not pro
mote "theatre art" in the higher sense.
Another play-goer said, chortling,
"Well, 1 saw nothing cultural about
Papa is All ? the way they talked
wasn't good grammar!"
It certainly wasn't The way the
characters talk in Erskine Caldwell's
r
Tobacco Road isn't good grammar
either. Perhaps that same person
doesn't like the way the Welsh coal
miners talk in the book, How Green
Was My Valley.
Portrayal of another way of life ?
to the point that the person viewing
that portrayal is transported to another
world ? requires a talent demon
strated by writers, painters, actors,
musicians. That other world may be a
palace or it may be a hovel.
Everything an amateur theatre
group produces is not art. Far from it.
And those in the theatre group will be
the first to admit it, for they aspire to
so much and feel just a small sense of
achievement if they come halfway to
the goal.
What spells despair to the actor, to
the painter, to the musician, is that so
few people appreciate what he pro
duces that even if he produced perfec
tion some of the so-called educated
people would say it was awful. And
that, too, is the viewer's privilege.
Nevertheless, in all art there are
standards. In the schools the basic in
gredients of good art, good music, tasty
cooking, appealing floral arrangement
are taught In colleges, appreciation of
drama is taught.
It's an uphill battle, but Americans
may some day reach the point of art
appreciation that seems more generally
widespread among Europeans.
Carteret County N?ws-Tim?s
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The Readers Write
Nov. 19, 1958
To the Editor:
May I enter the controversy rela
tive to the congestion at the dock
facilities opposite the US postof
fice in Beaufort by making the fol
lowing statement through your
publication?
The construction of adequate
dock facilities along the waterfront
between Queen and Pollock Streets,
either by the property owners or
by the town of Beaufort, will bet
ter distribute the present load and
contribute to encouragement for in
creased business opportunity.
In addition, removal of parking
meters on the south side of Front
Street in the same area will dis
tribute the excess traffic load and
better control traffic.
May I hope that proper officials
will look favorably on these sug
gestions?
W. H. Potter
comment... j. luiium
Ogden Nash
This madcap poet, who can be
as forgiven as any of us for such
insanities as, "lie who is ridden
by a conscience worries about a
lot of nonscience," is quite capable
of making his mockery convey bis
soberest remarks. Try this bit of
Nashcry:
Very Like a Whale
One thing that literature would be
greatly the better for
Would be a more restricted em
ployment by authors of simile
and metaphor.
Authors of all races, be they
Greeks, Romans, Teutons, or
Celta,
Can't seem just to say that any
thing is the thing it is but have
to go out of their way to say
that it is like something else.
What does it mean when we are
told
That the Assyrian came down like
a wolf on the fold?
In the first place, George Gordon
Byron had enough experience
To know that it probably wasn't
just one Assyrian, it was a lot
of Assyrians,
However, as too many arguments
are apt to induce apoplexy and
thus hinder longevity,
We'll let it pass as one Assyrian
for the sake of brevity.
Now then, this particular Assyrian,
the one whose cohorts were
gleaming in purple and gold.
Just what docs the poet mean
when he sayi he came down
like > wolf on the fold?
Did he run on all fours and did
he have a hairy tail and a big
red mouth and big white teeth
and did he say Woof, woof,
woof?
Frankly, I think it very unlikely,
and all you were entitled to say,
at the very most.
Was that the Assyrian cohorts
came down like a lot of Assy
rian cohorts about to destroy
the Hebrew host . . ,
They're always comparing ladies
to lilies and veal to venison.
Any they always say things like
that the snow is a white blanket
after a winter storm.
Oh it is, is it, all right then, you
sleep under a six-inch blanket
of snow and I'll sleep under a
half-inch blanket of unpoetical
blanket material and we'll see
which one keeps warm.
And after that maybe you'll begin
to comprehend dimly
What I mean by too much meta
phor and simile.
SmiU a WhiU
"You're already had leave, Fer
guson, to see your wife off on a
journey? to attend your mother
in-law's funeral ? for your little
girl's measles? your boy's christ
ening. What is it now?"
"fa going to get married, sir."
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Security for You...
By RAY IIENRY
Here's news for people who get
? or will get ? Social Security
payments (or disability. Four big
changes have been made in this
program.
? The payments go up on Jan.
1 (or people now getting them and
(or those who'll go on the rolls
after Jan. 1.
? A wife and children ? for the
first time ? can get payments if
the husband and father is getting
disability payments.
? It'll be easier to qualify for
disability payments from now on.
? A disabled person ? for the
first time ? can receive full So
cial Security disability payments
whether or not he's also drawing
state workmen's compensation or
other disability pay from the fed
eral government.
Here arc the details:
Increased payments ? A person
now collccting Social Security dis
ability payments will find an in
crease of about 7 per cent in hi?
February check. The range in pay
ments for people who become eligi
ble for them anytime after Jan. 1
will be $33 to $127. The range has
been $30 to $108.50.
Wife and children benefits? The
dependents of a disabled worker
may receive monthly benefits if
he's collecting Social Security dis
ability payments. They must ap
ply for them.
Here arc the eligible dependents :
A wife 62 or over, a wife ? re
gardless of her age ? caring for a
child or children and a dependent
child.
The wife 62 or over can collect
an amount equal to about half the
payment given to her husband. A
wife with children or a dependent
child can receive an amount equal
to one-half of what the husband or
father is getting.
Easier qualification ? From now
on, you can get disability payments
if you meet these two require
ments:
(a) You're between SO and 65 and
for six months have had a perma
nent disability so severe you can
not do any real work and
(b) You worked in a job covered
by Social Security for five of the
last ten years before you were dis
abled.
Previously, you not only had to
meet these two requirements, but
you also must have worked in a
job covered by Social Security for
H* out of the last three years be
fore the disability.
If you were turned down for dis
ability payments because you
didn't meet the old requirements,
you now should immediately re
apply to the nearest Social Securi
ty office.
Full disability payments? In the
past, state workman's compensa
tion and other federal government
disability payments ? except for
compensation to a veteran with a
service disability ? were deducted
from Social Security disability
payments. A disabled person got
the difference if his Social Security
payments were higher than the
other payments. If not, he got no
Social Security.
In the future, a disabled person
?eligible for Social Security pay
ments and other government dis
ability payments or workman's
compensation ? can collect all in
full.
The other federal government
disability payments which were
deducted from Social Security dis
ability payments included pension
to a war veteran with a disability
not connected with his service, dis
ability retirement pay from one of
the military services and civil ser
vice disability benefits.
No action is necessary by a per
son affected by this change. The
Social Security Administration In
creases the disability payments au
tomatically.
(Editor's Note: Von may con
tact the social security lepra
(tentative at the eourthoaae an
nex, Beaufort, from 1:3* a.m. to
noon Tuesdays. He will help yoa
with your own particular prob
lem).
Free Wheeling
By BILL CROWELL
Department of Motor Vehicle*
CENTER ... If you're ever out
in Butte County, South Dakota, you
can stand in the new exact geogra
phic ccnter of the United States.
It used to be in Lebanon, Kansas,
remember, but with the addition
of Alaska as our 49th state, map
makers had "to redetermine top
dead ccnter for the country.
The actual site, according to the
Triple A. is almost inaccessible by
automobile. A dirt path leads the
tourist to a hill called Two Top
Peak, which is located 11 miles
west of Castle Rock. Near the hill
is the exact geographic center.
Kansans, prior to the shift, had
made much over the point. Citizens
financed a fine paved road to the
aite and a concrete monument
marked it for the curious. But
they can take comfort in the fact
that Two Top Peak's glory may
be short lived. Meaning, what will
happen if and when Hawaii comes
into the nation?
Officials of the US Coast and
Geodetic Survey say it won't make
much difference. The center will
remain in South Dakota. The area
of Hawaii is so small, compared
to Alaska which was big enough
to upset the whole applecart, that
the change will be very slight. It
move about seven miles west
slightly south of tbe present
location? down toward Fruitdale,
South Dakota.
SUDDEN THAWT . . . New def
inition at a pedestrian is a person
who geta too far behind in hia car
payments.
aOirUC, BUB? ...Never un
dcrcstimate the reasoning power
of a woman. Here's what one hus
band we know has to guard
against:
In their garage is a 1957 model
car. A dealer offered them $2,000
on it toward the purchase of a
later model costing $3,nno. This
would leave only $1,000, of course,
still owing on the new car.
That also happens to be the same
amount the couple owes the fi
nance company on their present
car. The little woman is convinced
they can get the new car, clear
the old debt, without paying out
one extra cent.
"It's simple," she's explained
time and again to stubborn hubby.
"We okay the deal with the new
car salesman. He gives ui the
12,000 and we give him our car.
We go to the finance company
and pay off the $1,000 balance
there. Then we take the other
$1,000 back to the dealer. He has
our $2,000 car and the $1,000 in
cash and we drive out in a new
car. It hasn't cost us a cent. And
we don't owe the finance company
anything."
PUZZLED ... Watch the classi
fied section of the newspapers for
aome real automobile puzzlers.
Time and again I've pondered ads
saying, in effect, "Brand new 1959
models. Yours for only $0090." And
in the same ad, used cars same
make, a year older, going for two
and three hundred dollars more.
The minute men of today are the
ones who caa make it to the re
frigerator and back with a sand
wich while Um mummUI if Mb
LouIm Sptvy
Words of Inspiration
BE A GOOD FOBGETTEB
Lite la too short to remember that which prevent* one from doing
his best. "Forgetting the things that are behind, I presa forward," said
a brave man in the first century. The successful man forgets. He knows
the psst is Irrevocable. He lets the desd past bury its dead. He is run
ning a race. He cannot afford to look behind. His eye is on the winning
post.
The msgnanimous man forgets. He Is too big to let little things
disturb him. He forgets quickly, and forgets easily. If anyone does him
wrong, he keeps sweet. It is only the smsll man who cherishes a low
revenge. Be a good forgetter. Business dictstes it, snd success de
mand* it.
? Selected
The thief think* every other man i* a thief; the impure man think*
every other man i* Impure; and the dishonest man think* every other
man i* dishonest. "Unto the pure all things are pure but unto them
that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind
and conscience is defiled." ? Titus 1:15
A study of the want ad column* of almost sny metropolitan news
paper will disclose an infinite variety of material things wsnted. Wanted
? everything almost but character!
And yet what we need is men who will keep their word ? their con
tracts ? though they go to the poor house!
Along with all the alphabetical codes, we need a code that keeps a
man human, true to his ideals ? a code for service.
We all like to be with people who make us feel good. Instinctively
we turn away from those who are always trying to hand us a "crying
towel." Those who tell us about their troubles, their illnesses, their dis
appointments, arc people to avoid.
They lower our vitality. But the cheerful, the positive, the creative
people ? thej .use our spirits to soar.
They lift us onto a higher plane and we are thankful to them.
? Thomas Drier
THE LITTLE THINGS COUNT
It is the omission of the pinch of salt that spoils the dinner. It is the
care of trifling things, the small essentials, that mark the difference be
tween a well-organized and a disorganized home. Women frequently
rebel that their lives arc limited by the petty and Insignificant details
to which the mind of a housekeeper, though she be a college graduate,
must give attention.
Yet it is the care and nicety of attention with which details arc met
that make the difference between well-applied intelligence and ignor
ance, or its equivalent, indifference, in any home. Strength is shown
in our ability to meet, nut the great trials of life, but the petty annoy
ances that make up every day's experiences.
? Fellowship News
QUOTES
Lay nothing too much to heart. Desire nothing too eagerly, nor think
that all things can be perfectly accomplished according to our notions.
? Robert E. Lee
Between the great things that we can't do and the little things that
we won't do, the danger is that we shall do nothing at all.
Sin puts hell into the soul and the soul into hell.
Don't pray and talk cream and live skimmed milk.
Teach by your life.
A man can become so wrapped up in himself that he becomes very
small.
(Editor's Note: The first line was omitted Tuesday from the top of
thia column. The first portion of the column should have been titled
Ten Ways to Wreck Society).
F. C. Solitbury
Here and There
The following information is
taken from the filet of the More
head City Coaster:
FRIDAY, NOV. 21, 1*11
Paul Webb of Stephenville,
Texaa, arrived in the city Monday
to spend a few days visiting rela
tives.
K. Gray Hawkins, who is an as
sistant in a bank in Farmville,
spent a few days here this week
visiting relatives.
Roy D. Wade returned home
Wednesday, having received his
discharge from the Navy after
several years service.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Dewey will
leave this week for their future
home In Blackatone, Va., after
having disposed of the dairy bus
iness to their son and George
Ogleaby.
L. E. Coleburn and family
moved to South port last Saturday
to make their future home.
Dr. E. M. Ilolister who has been
located at Camp Glenn in charge
of the hospital, left this week for
his home in Chicago.
Capt. Robert G. Moore arrived
In the city last week to spend some
time with his family.
The marriage of Miss Ruth Wil
lis to Joe Willis took place at the
home of Mrs. Will Wade on Nov. t.
Miss Nellie J. Wells and J. Ho
mer Mann were married at Char
lotte Nov. 21. Miss Wells is the
daughter of Mrs. Ormond of this
city.
Zebulon C. Holloway, age SI,
Requiem
By TUCKER R. LITTLETON
Beaufort, N. C.
When life'a brief day fa cloaing
With sunset in the weat.
May God look down in mercy
And grant a calm, aweet real.
When labor's hours are over
And handa once strong lie a till,
Hay beav'n-bequeated (lory
Light up the laat far hill.
When mind grows dim and cloudy
And mem'riea fade away.
May I recall the good things,
No evils o i the day.
When ev'ntng ahadowa lengthen
Acroaa the countryside.
Give quiet, peace, and comfort
May holy grace betide.
When night falla dark and chilly,
1 long no more to roam.
0 call me out of darkness
late Um warmth at Bam*.
died In the city on Tburiday morn
ing. Burial took place at Swans
boro, the home of hia parents.
Lt. Luther Hamilton haa secured
enough signatures of ex-service
men for the reorganizing o( ? local
American Legion Post.
A new building to be used as a
fish house by M . S. Lee and A.
B. Morris is in the course of con
struction on a site Just west of
the Texaa oil house.
A potato weighing 10 ounces
more than one peck, raised by A.
F. Davis, is on display in the win
dow of the Bank of Beaufort.
Frank Suggs, a colored boy of
Beaufort was shot in the back of
the head by Joe Taff. He died
later in the hospital in thia city.
The shooting took place while Taff
was playing with a group of boys
and became angry when Sugga
would not obey hia orders.
Stamp News
By 8TD KKUOBl
Flowers will be the dominant
design on the Swiss Pro-Juventute
(For Youth) stamps beginning with
this Issue and for future issues.
The 18sa set will depict the China
Aster, Pansy, Morning Glory and
Christmas Rose.
Thia annual semi-postal series
is dedicated to the Pro-Juventute
in Switzerland with all additional
funds derived from the sale of the
stampa going to child welfare
benefits.
One of the stamps in thia year'*
set bears a portrait of Swiaa scien
tiat Albrecht von Haller who wu
well known for bis work in botany.
Valuea are S centimes plus J,
10 e piua 10 c, 20 c plua 10 c, 30 e
piua 10 e and 40 c plua 10 e.
To commemorate the XVII In
ternational Railway Congress,
Spain haa issued a war let o i
stamps. The IS centavoa sepia and
the 1 peseta orange show the Talgo
Rapida with the Ecsoral Monastery
in the background.
The to c violet and the I pts ma
genta depict a modern train mov
ing through the Deapenaperoa
Gorge. The M e green and the 3 pta
blue illustrate the Talgo Rapida
with the La Mota Castle in the