| CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
Cartarat County'* Naw?pap?r
EDITORIALS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1958
Many Roads Lead to Rome . . .
Appearing on the last page of the
second section of today's paper is an
, appraisal of the county school picture
and proposals on how to finance a
school building program.
The writer, Harry Mizelle, Newport,
has given more thought to the situation,
probably, than any other private citi
zen. He took several days' leave from
his work as employee at the Newport
postoffice to gather facts and figures
and to write the article which is pub
lished today.
Perhaps the proposal for raising
money which he prefers (the third
plan he mentions) is not THE answer.
He readily admits that. But he ex
presses the hope that the proposals he
discusses will set all of us to thinking.
And we say "Amen" to that.
Borrowing $2'/g million at one fell
swoop and building two consolidated
high schools is one way to meet Car
teret's school needs, but it is not the
only way. Some even think that it will
not meet our needs. It may be that in
10 years we would find that three con
solidated high schools should have
been the program entered upon in
1959.
While the two consolidated high
school plan has been touted as a long
range program, no one can predict
what a ferry link across Bogue Sound
in the western part of the county may
mean, population-wise, in 10 years, nor
what a ferry from Cedar Island to
Ocracoke may mean in the way of pop
ulation growth.
The manner in which the $2Vi mil
lion bond program is being publicized
leads some to wonder, "Is this, indeed,
a long-range plan, or is it a crisis, des
peration measure, to get something
done, no matter what, in a hurry?"
Sentiment in the county, as it usually
is everywhere, is for community
schools. On the elementary and gram
mar grade level, this is expected to con
tinue. If intelligent consolidation ideas
prevail, that cannot be possible on the
high school level. Sentiment is grow
ing, however, against building up a tre
mendous county debt. Businessmen and
industrial-minded folks would rather
see a somewhat higher tax rate by
which the county pays its own way,
than' a debt that means a high tax rate
to pay out hundreds of thousands of
dollars in interest.
Under the pay-as-you-go plan, Car
teret could not build big high schools
immediately. Morehead City would be
the first to get its school improvements,
and they would come just as soon,
probably, as predicted under the bond
plan. We do not intend to discuss at
the moment the merits of various finan
cial plans. Our point is that bonding
the county to the tune of $2 >/? million
may uot be the best way.
A quotation from a NEWS-TIMES
editorial of Aug. 15, 1958 seems perti
nent: "An important thing to cultivate
in the current school situation is an
open mind. What was considered to be
the solution last week may not prove to
be the ideal solution this week.
Changes and adjustments may have to
be made ? in the interest of the great
est benefit for all school children. Thus
persons who have already made up
their mind or refuse to admit new ideas
are contributing nothing . ,
A New Look at Hospitality
It seems as though there is something
that Beaufort and Morehead City could
do for the migrant menhaden fisher
men besides let them tie their boats
downtown.
Putting the boats in the business sec
tion is a small thing for a town to offer.
Yet to a fisherman who has^o family,
nowhere to go, and no place to live ex
cept a bunk on a boat, being close to
the business section is important ? at
least it seems to be in this area.
Other towns that are visited by the
menhaden fleet require the boats, we
are told, to tie up away from the busi
ness section ? if not at the factory
dock, at some other mooring spot.
The menhaden fishermen can go to the
movies here in limited number. There
are no places to accommodate them, in
any number, even if they want to shoot
pool or play cards. Their only place
for recreation, in the final analysis, is
the streets.
Some folks have said, "This is the
time we ought to have the migrant min
ister here."
We should stop ignoring the migrant
fishermen just because they have been
ignored for over 200 years. If we can
do something for the migrant farm
worker, we should be ingenious enough
to work out something worthwhile for
the fisherman ? other than let him
throw his line around a downtown
dock.
The county ministers association has
a Social Work and Migrant Ministry
committee which may well be able to
make some suggestions. Our first
thought is to find a place ? perhaps a
Negro church auditorium where the
fishermen could be shown movies.
If an open area could be found, horse
shoes and baseball equipment used in
the summer migrant program might be
put to use. Due to the brief menhaden
season, a local supervisor for recrea
tional activities might be found, rather
than an out-of-town supervisor.
During a busy fishing season, the
boats are out most of the day and some
times part of the night. The weekends
and bad weather days are the days
when the fisherman needs something to
occupy his time. At present, when time
bangs heavy on their hands, a few are
likely to get into trouble.
Some may dismiss this suggestion
and argue that nobody has ever paid
any attention to the fishermen before,
why start now?
The suggestion stems from the fact
that the menhaden towns seem so eager
to show the working fisherman how
hospitable we are. When you come
right down to it, if anchoring a boat in
a business or residential section is as
far as hospitality goes, there is still
much that could be done in a way that
would be of greater benefit to the fish
ermen themselves and to the people of
the town.
Thank You, USCG
Coast Guardsmen have the reputa
tion of going to the rescue in more ways
than one. Many a time they save a pa
tient in the hospital who is badly in
need of blood.
When calls come In for blood, par
ticularly to the Morehead City police
station, the person on duty checks all
civilian donors on the list posted there.
Usually the donors are at work or can't
be reached.
Then the Coast Guard boys aboard
the Chilula, Conifer or at Fort Macon
station are contacted. They come a'run
ning. Sometimes they are not properly
thanked ? or they brush the thanks
aside, considering it all in a day's work.
We'd like to take this means, on be
half of Carteret County and the folks
at the police station who have to con
tact blood donors, to thank the Coast
Guard for their donor service. It is
above and beyond the call of duty ?
and it's sincerely appreciated.
Carteret County News-Times
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Banker Ponies Make Headlines Again
The wild ponies Of the outer
banks have again brought North
Carolina national publicity. In the
youth section of the Christian
Science Monitor Nov. 20, is the
story on the ponies of Ocracoke,
by Dorothy Noyce, Raleigh.
Commenting on the dwindling
number of the ponies, the writer
says, "On little Ocracoke Island
alone the summer pony penning
used to count over 300 animals.
Last year a mere 40 mares and
colts were rounded up for the July
4 event. Even so, this is an ex
citing time for the village, which
turns out en masse for the occa
sion.
"Before dawn, the older boys
on their mounts set off across the
dunes, combing the 17-mile island
for the unbroken eolts. Shifting
and weaving, sometimes plowing
into the surf, they cut out the
stallions and drive marcs and
colts back toward the village cor
ral.
"By mid-morning, the pens are
full. Close beside each marc a
colt nuzzles up for reassurance.
Some are last year's foals, half
grown. Others, not more than a
few weeks old, arc appealing
Bambi-likc creatures with fuzzy
manes, short crinkly taili and
wide, soft eye?
"Plaid-shirtcd boys armed with
ropes and lariats enter the corral
and begin separating the un
marked animals. One by one each
colt is roped, and in a matter of
seconds, it is processed (branded)
The Readers Wrife
( Editor'! Note: The following
letter was recently sent the county
board of commissioners. A copy
was also furnished THE NEWS
TIMES).
Nov. 6, 1958
The Honorable Board of
County Commissioners
Carteret County, North Carolina
Att'n: Mr. Moses Howard,
Chairman
Gentlemen:
In discussing county refinancing,
issuance of additional bonds, and
other needs for money in Carteret
County, there is one phase of the
County's Economy which has been
entirely overlooked ? The Credit
Standing or Rating of Carteret
County.
Some thirty years ago, when
money was relatively easy to bor
row, Carteret County, Beaufort and
Morehead City borrowed some six
million dollars. In less than ten
years, all three were in default on
their promises to pay. Court ac
tion was taken by some of the
bondholders. Carteret County was
ordered by the courts to levy $1.00
on the hundred of valuation to
meet certain bondholders' de
mands. The situation was serious.
No one knows how serious except
those officials who were in office
at the time and the finance offi
cials in Raleigh, who feared for
the financial reputation of North
Carolina if some towns and coun
ties were allowed to become bank
rupt. And that was where we were
headed at that time.
The work done at that time to
save the county's credit was tre
mendous, for it was no easy task
to get the holders of our bonds to
accept a losa of some $700,000. The
holdcri of Carteret County bonds
alone took a loss of $491,000. Not
only that, but they extended pay
ment time and reduced interest
payment from 5 per cent to * grad
uated scale from nothing to 2'/i
per cent. At present, I believe,
we are paying 2 per cent.
With these favorable payment
conditions, it is my opinion, that,
with careful planning and perhaps
a slight increase in taxes, Car
teret County could be free of all
bonded indebtedness within three
years. Of course, this would not
be possible if it were not for the
fact that we have had, for the past
20 years, a county administration
of exceptional ability, one who has
appreciated and taken advantage
of the favorable refinancing plan
that had been set up.
To delay school construction a
short time would not delay School
Planning. In three years, the
county could be on I cash basis.
Also, the integration situation
should be settled, and that is an
issue on which even the bravest
should do some more thinking and
praying.
You gentlemen can tummarize
the county's financial situation
more accurately and in greater
detail than I have done. The tax
payers and voters would appre
ciate such a summarization. They
have great confidence in you,
otherwise you would not have re
ceived the vast majority of their
votes.
I hope you can see your way
clear to give the above a lot of
extra thought and let the people
of the county know the results
thereof.
Sincerely,
G. W. Huntley Sr.
IE. TEE GOOD OLD BSTS
THIRTY TEARS AGO
Taylor's Dry Cleaning Company
in Beaufort had opened (or bus
iness.
County commissioners voted to
pay O. W. Chadwick ISO a month
towards the operation of the Mar
kers Island ferry.
An Macro tract of land adjoin
ing Horehcad Bluffs was sold at
a foreclosure sale for $23,900.
TWENTY- FIVE YEARS AGO
Twelve Carteret County men
were enrolled at Wake Forest.
They were W. E. Adair, D. H.
Dowdy, Luther Fulcher, A. D. Ful
ford, C. M. Gillikin, A. L. Hamil
ton Jr., W. S. Harris, H. W. Hat
fell, T. B. Leary and R. M. Lewis.
A road from Atlantic Beach to
Fort Macon would be constructed
ai a civil works administration
project
Mr*. C K. Wbaatly was alactod
president of the Beaufort PTA.
TEN YEARS AGO
Jessie Devoochik of Beaufort
was to play in Joan of Lorraine
which was being produced by the
Little Theatre group.
Morchead City merchants were
cooperating in a Dollar Day sale.
The long awaited paving at
Evans Street in Morcbead City
was begun thia week.
FIVE YEAM AGO
The Beaufort Choral Club pre
sented a show In Beaufort School
Auditorium. Featured soloists were
David Small, Morehcad City, Mra.
Herbert Waldrop Jr. Newport, Mn.
Jackie Hancock and Sal Palazzo,
both of Beaufort.
Santa Claua would visit the
Morchead City (tore* thia waek.
Newport town eommlaaiooera
purcbaaad MOO fMt ?< fir* k?M.
i AiArin
then released to return to its mo
ther.
"Thus identified, in a few days
the animals are once more given
the freedom of the island .
"One of the great events in an
island boy's life is attaining the
age when he can become a Boy
Scout, entitled to catch, tame and
train his own mount. And how
those boys can ride! Bareback,
with a hank of rope for a halter,
they stick to their pets like sand
spurs as they streak across the
flats in impromptu races at sun
down, or show off before the vil
lage girls . . ."
Accompanying the story in the
Monitor are two pictures of Ocra
coke ponies and their riders. (Ash
ley Jarman, Morehead City, has
the full story if you'd like to sec
it).
Everybody fusses about not hav
ing enough days In the week for
all the things that have to be done.
Therefore, the obvious solution
ia an extra day? since nobody, ap
parently, is willing to do any less
than they're doing. This extra day
would be called Chooseday. That
means there will be eight days in
the week and 45 weeks in the year.
Now Chooseday has to remain
uncluttered, or It will accomplish
nothing. Work and daily jobs can
go on. but no meetings can be
scheduled on that day. It will be
a day for every fellow to spend
as he chooses. That way, we can
get all caught up on personal bus
iness, such as errands or visiting,
and keep the meetings? any and
all varieties ? confined to Sunday
through Saturday.
The Flowers children in Beau
fort have a dog, Sam. lie follows
them everywhere and considers
himself their personal, stalwart
guardian.
The other day, little Joe Flow
ers told his mother that he'd like
to have a dog, since all his friends
have dogs.
"Why, Joe," bis mother said,
"you have a dog."
"No, I don't," Joe replied.
"Why you have Sam," his mo
ther pointed out.
"Oh, Sam," Joe replied, "he's
not a dog. He's part of the fam
ily."
loutf Spfvy
Words of Inspiration
EYES OF GOD
All teeing eyes: The eyes of the Lord are In every place, beholding the
evil and the good. Proverbs 15:3.
Penetrating eyes: All things are naked and nnened unto the eyea of Him
with whom we have to do. Hebrews 4:13.
Thoughtful eyes: For the waya of man are before the eyea of the Lord,
and He pondereth all His goings. Prov. S:21.
Remembering eyes: And they consider not in their hearts that I remem
ber all their wickedness; now their own doings have beset them
about: they are before My face. Hosea 7:2.
Judging eyes: Thin eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men;
to give everyone according to the fruit of his doings. Jer. 32:19.
Providing eyes: A land which the Lord thy God careth for; the eyea of
the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year
even unto the end of the year. Deut. 11:12.
Christianity is not a voice in the wilderness, but a life in the world.
It is not an idea in the air but feet on the ground, going God's way. It ia
not an exotic to be kept under glass, but a hardy plant to bear twelve
months of fruits in all kinds of weather. Fidelity to duty is its root and
branch. Nothing we can say to the Lord, no calling Him by great or
dear names, can take the place of the plan doing of His will.
We may cry out about the beauty of eating bread with Him in Hif
kingdom, but it is wasted breath and a rootless hope, unless we plow
and plant in His kingdom here and now. To remember Him at His table
and to forget Him at ours, is to have invested in bad securities. There
is no substitute for plain, evcry-day goodness.
? Babcock
"The Lord my shepherd; I shall not want."
I shall not want rest. "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures."
I shall not want drink. "He lcadeth me beside the still waters."
I shall not want forgiveness. "He restorcth my soul."
I shall not want guidance. "He lcadeth me in the paths of rightcoua
ncss for His name's sake."
I shall not want companionship. "Yea, though I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for Thou art with me."
I shall not want comfort. "Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me."
I shall not want food. "Thou preparest a table before me in the pres
ence of mine enemies."
I shall not want joy. "Thou anointcst my head with oil."
1 shall not want anything. "My cup runneth over."
1 shall not want anything in this life. "Surely goodness and mercy shall
follow me all the days of my life."
I shall not want anything in eternity. "And I will dwell in the house at
the Lord forever."
? Selected
The Bible as a book stands alone. There never was, nor ever will be,
another like it. As there is but one sun to enlighten the world naturally,
so there is but one Book to enlighten the world spiritually. May that
Book become to each of us the man of our counsel, the guido of our
Journey, the inspiration of our thought, and our support and comfort ia
life and in death.
? A. Galloway
Captain Henry
Sou'easter
Well, do you think you'll wear
down to the point that you can
pack away a Christmas dinner
soon? Everybody I talked to Fri
day had the same complaint, "I
ate too much yesterday."
We've not heard the last of the
menhaden boat hassle by a long
shot. That will be fodder for con
versation for a long time.
1 heard that there was a "spe
cial officer" on duty down at the
dock where the Standard Products
boats were tied up. I wondered
who it could be . . . Well, I found
out. Seems as though it was one
of the men on the boats who is
deputized as an officer in one of
the Virginia counties the boat
came from.
Wednesday night, he told Chief
Springle, he was chased by some
men. 11c wanted to know if Chief
Springle would let him carry a
gun.
He showed the chief his Virginia
badge and all his credentials. Tha
chief told him that was fine ? in
Virginia. He might act as a spe
cial officer here, but he couldn't
carry i gun.
The chief explained North Caro
lina laws to him and told him
what he could and couldn't do.
I think it's fine that someone ii
interested in helping us keep law
and order, but too many guns
around probably wouldn't be a
good thing.
Customer to Ralph Eudy: Why
do you wear rubber gloves when
cutting hair?
Ralph: For the purpose of keep
ing our celebrated hair restorer
from causing hair to grow under
my fingernails.
Comment ? ? ? J. Kellum
llcndrik Willem van Loon
Van Loon's works (Lives, The
Arts, Story of America, etc.) are
among the most enjoyable of all
histories. He docs not involve him
self with unnecessary complica
tions, obscure ideas or tiresome
lists. He says what he knows to
be so, or is so to the best of his
knowledge, and does so as simply
as possible. He sees history as the
lives of many human beings, what
they did and how they did it. And
that is all history is in the first
place.
As it is now Advent, in which we
This is fhe Law
By ROBERT E. LEE
Is it I criminal offense to bet
on the outcome of ? football
game?
Yes. It is an offense against the
criminal law of the state. The fact
that the game itself is one of skill
and endurance on the part of the
two groups of football players does
not confer immunity upon those
who wager its result.
Morphy promises Cohen to pay
him SI* if tbe Panther football
team beats tbe Bulldog football
team, in consideration of which
Cohen promises Murphy to pay
? if tbe Bulldogs beat the Pan
thers. The Panthers defeat the
Bulldogs. May Cohen recover 11*
from Murphy la a court of law?
No. The agreement is a wager
or bet. It is void and illegal. The
courts will not assist anyone in
tbe collection of his gambling
debt*.
Mills bet Gardner flN on the
outcome of ? football game.
Gardaer's team lost. Gardner
paid to MUls the agreed $1M.
May Gardaer recover tbe ooe
hundred doll art in ? court W
law?
No. The bet was illegal. At a
general rule, the law will refuse
to aid either party to an illegal
cantract. It will leave them where
it finds them.
Aknaader aad Bio* made a
wager on Ike outcome of a foot
ball game and each deposits the
amount of his promiaed payment
with Craig aa a stakeholder.
Alexander wins the bet Before
the money has been paid over to
Alexander, Biggs notifies Craig
not to pay Alexander. Craig nev
ertbelesa pays Alexander. May
Biggs recover the amoant of hia
deposit either from Craig or
Alexander In a court of law?
Yea. The loser may recover the
amount he has bet from either the
atakcholdcr or the winner.
This set of facta Is an exception
to the general rule that the law
will aid neither party to an illegal
contract. A party to an illegal con
tract who repents before the con
tract ia wholly carried out may
recover the money or goods he
has given in performance if he
gives a noticc to this effect before
the entire transaction ia com
peted.
Biggs was fortunate in this case
in getting to Craig, the atakehoid
er, before the money waa paid to
Alexander. Ii the stakeholder had
paid the money to the winner be
fore receiving the notice of the
loser's repudiation o < the wager,
the loaer would have been unable
to recover from either the stake
bolder or the winner.
How we admire the wiadom of
those who com* to us for advlc*.
remember the world aa it waa be
fore the first Chriatmaa, here il
the relevant excerpt from hia "Tha
Story of Mankind" for a sample!
"In 14 A.D. (Caesar's) position
as the Abaolutc Ruler of the Ro
man people had become so well
established that he was made an
object of divine worship . . .
"(The Romans) concentrated
their efforta upon . . . internal re
form. But it waa too late to do
much good. Two centuries of revo
lution and foreign war had repeat
edly killed the best men among
the younger generations. It had
ruined the clasa of free farmers.
It had introduced alave labor,
againat which no freeman could
hope to compete. It had turned the
citiea into beehives inhabited by
pauperized and unhealthy moba
of runaway peasants. It had cre
ated a large bureaucracy? petty
offlciala who were underpaid and
who were forced to take graft in
order to buy bread and clothing
for their familiea. Worst of all, it
had accustomed people to violence,
to bloodshed, to a barbarous plea
aure in the pain and auffering of
othera.
"Outwardly, the Roman state
during the first century of our era
waa a magnificent political struc
ture Underneath this glory
there lived millions upon milliona
of poor and tired human beinga,
toiling like ants who hive built ?
nest underneath a heavy stone.
They worked for the benefit of
someone else. They shared their
food with the animals of the fields.
They lived in atablea. They died
without hope.
"It waa the seven hundred and
fifty-third year since the founding
of Rome. Galus Julius Octavianus
waa living in the palace of the
Palatine Hill, busily engaged upon
the task of ruling hia empire.
"In a little village of diatant
Syria, Mary, the wife of Joseph
the Carpenter, waa tending her
little boy, born ia ? (table of
Bethlehem . . .
"Before long, the palace and tbe
stable were to meet ia open com
bat.
"Aad tbe stable waa to emerge
victorious."