CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
EDITORIALS
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 12, 1958
Engineers Lend an Ear...
Seldom is a hearing on waterway*
of more direct concern to Carteret
countians than the one which will be
held at 10 Monday morning at Davis
in the community building.
Army engineers, who are conducting
the hearing want to know the reasons
WHY the waterways in the Core Sound
area should be deepened or otherwise
improved.
In other words, when they request
Congress for money, they have to be
able to cite facts and figures that show
the money isn't being sought just to
satisfy a whim or to benefit only one
or two individuals.
Fishermen and boatmen, as well as
others who like to see the overall eco
nomic advancement of the county,
hope that many will attend the hear
ing. Although much of the evidence in
favor of improved waterways will be
in writing, it won't hurt to let Sen.
Everett Jordan, who is expected to be
there, *nd the Army engineers, know
that the improvements requested are
being backed.
Boatmen, for their own information,
should want to attend. A recording of
everything said will be made, so if
some folks would like to get their feel
ing on matters before the engineers,
Monday will be the time to do so.
It will be to Carteret's benefit, how
ever, if the local waterways folks go
before the engineers united. Monday
morning will not be the time to argue
whether a channel should be 7 or 8
feet deep, nor will it be the time to tell
the tale about how Grandpappy used
to go through Such-and-Such Inlet with
nary a worry as to how much water
was between his keel and the bottom.
A preliminary meeting to prepare in
formation for the Monday hearing was
held last month at Sea Level. Thus,
matters should be rather well ironed
out.
The Army engineers want informa
tion on Cedar Island refuge (Roe),
Cedar Island Point (Lola), Thorough
fare Bay, Atlantic, Sea Level, Nelson
Bay, Stacy, Davis, Wiiliston, Smyrna,
Marshallberg, Gloucester, Straits, Har
kers Island, Harkers Point basin ? ' all
of whieh are served by Core Sound
waterways, as well as information on
the boat traffic using Core Sound that
originates in Beaufort, Morehead City
and Ocracoke.
And that covers a lot of territory !
Historian Honored
F. C. Salisbury, president of the
County Historical Society, drew the
state spotlight to Carteret County and
Morehead City over the weekend by
winning the Smithwick cup given by
the North Carolina Society of County
and Local Historians.
The cup is awarded for the best writ
ing on county and local history. The
award went to Mr. Salisbury for his
articles which have appeared in The
News-Times during the past year.
We're proud of Mr. Salisbury ? and
all generations, present and future,
owe him their deepest gratitude for
bringing to light, and preserving, a past
that is significant to us because it is
our heritage.
A Plea for Unity
Edwin Gill, state treasurer, spoke be
fore the state Association of Assessing
Officers last month at Chapel Hill. His
talk was so significant that every Tar
Heel would do well to read it . . . and
remember. Excerpts follow :
I am very "bullish" about the future
of North Carolina. We have made re
markable progress even during the set
back of the recession, and I believe that
we are on the threshold of greater
things provided our people are united
and alert to the opportunities that will
come our way.
North Carolina is in excellent finan
cial condition with a very reasonable
public debt Because of our healthy
fiscal condition and the fundamental
strength of our economy, we have come
through the recession in much better
condition than many other states.
As to the outlook for the immediate
future, I am optimistic enough to be
lieve that our next General Assembly
will be greatly aided by the economic
recovery that is now in progress in its
efforts to balance the budget and con
tinue progressive public service to our
people. I wish to speak, however, in
more detail as to our long-term pros
pects as a state and as a people.
In my opinion, the next ten years are
critical. It would be tragic if North
Carolina should become complacent or
so divided as to policities, or so indif
ferent to the need for well-rounded,
well-balanced development, including
both industry and agriculture, as to
fumble the ball, permitting our sister
states to assume the leadership of the
South.
? . . our development program should
have the backing of our educational
leadership, for our hope for better
schools and better institutions of higher
learning rests and depends upon a
growing economy; also leaders in in
dustry and in agriculture as well should
be in the vanguard of those advocating
better schools, better hospitals and all
of those institutions of public service
that help to foster a climate for good
living.
It is natural for North Carolinians to
differ and to debate the issues of the
day. We would not have it otherwise,
for it is in our democratic tradition . . .
Sometimes our differences, however,
are so sharp that prejudice enters the
picture and we tend to divide into fac
tions that are hurtful to the future of
our state. I propose that we close ranks
and present a united front when the
overall welfare of our people is con
cerned, emphasizing the things that
Unite as.
No, I do not suggest that we do away
with political debate, for such debate
|i both vital and necessary; but there
i
are two kinds of politics ? that which
tends to obscure and mislead the peo
ple and that which tends to define
clearly the vital issues of the day. We
need only the latter.
There are people in our state who
are inclined to say that those who favor
the promotion of industry are neglect
ful of agriculture, and that those who
emphasize the welfare of farming and
farm families are not interested in the
future of our cities and towns.
For instance, it has been said that
W. Kerr Scott was purely an "agricul
tural" Governor and that Luther H.
Hodges is purely an "industrial" Gov
ernor. I think such statements inade
quately describe both men, for both of
them have records of service to all the
people of North Carolina. Scott's Sec
ondary Road Program is not only help
ful to farmers, but is playing an im
portant part in our industrialization.
Good farm-to-market roads make it
feasible to locate industries in rural
areas, making it practicable for the la
bor supply to be recruited over a wide
area, commuting from farm homes to
factories. On the other hand, Hodges'
industrial development program is
helpful to agriculture because each
new industry increases the market for
agricultural products, especially when
the new industry processes our own
crops.
I have just returned from Philadel
phia where our Governor led a large
group of North Carolinians represent
ing all sections of our state in the in
terest of industrial promotion. There '
we saw an example of the kind of uni
ty, the kind of team-play, the kind of
broad outlook that is so necessary to
our progress.
For instance, there were many repre
sentatives of local Chambers of Com
merce and local Industrial Promotion
Committees that, although remaining
loyal to their local viewpoint, for the
time being, devoted themselves to tell
ing the North Carolina Story. Neigh
borly rivalry on the local level was for
gotten as the cause of North Carolina
as a whole was presented.
North Carolina's future is bright
with great promise if our leadership
and our people, within the limits of the
free democratic process, can see North
Carolina whole ? and be tsue to that
vision I
One of the most important lessons
that experience teaches is that, on the
whole, success depends more upon
character than upon either intellect or
fortune. ? William Edward H. Lecky
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Here and There
The following information is
taken from the files of the More
head City Coaster:
FRIDAY, DEC. U, ??
The public schools of the city
are at present having only one
session on account of the coal
shortage caused by the coal strike.
An enjoyable dance was given
last Thanksgiving evening at the
Charles Hotel by Mrs. S. F. Bird
complimentary to her guests, '^.e
Misses Katherine Bremer of Wil
mington and Lelia Furlong of
Swansboro.
The following marriage licenses
were issued for the week ending
Dec. XI: George Collins, Wtldwood,
to Ludie Willis, Beaufort; James
Glllikin, Otway, to Ola Lawrence,
Otway; John Johnson to Eva WU
lis both of Beaufort; Bernie Willis
to Bessie Salter, both of Beaufort.
Ike Adler arrived in the city
last week from Fayetteville to af
filiate with his brother, Sam Adler,
one of the city's youngest and
moat progressive merchants.
William Henry Pake and Miss
Marian Davis, both of this city,
were married Thursday, Dec. 4.
at the home of Walter Jones. Judge
James R. Bell officiated.
The brick for the new school
building is rapidly being hauled
to the site. Work on the new struc
ture will start within the next two
Funeral services for Mrs. Lula
S. Jenkins, wife of John Jenkins,
were conducted last Friday from
the family home by the Rev. A.
H. Outlaw.
The Rev. W. J. Plint, newly ap
pointed superintendent of the
Washington District of the M, E.
Church, arrived in the city this
week to make his home here. He
served the Franklin Memorial
Church in 1908-09 and 1915-17. Hia
district includes 21 charges.
The Emeline J. Pigott Chapter
Of the dear old UDC
Invites you to be present
At it's 13th birthday tea.
The time it is the 10th,
The hours from 3 to S;
The place? Mrs. D. G. Bell s.
Be sure you do arrive.
This little sack you find enclosed
With pennies bring or send,
One for each that you are old
And to the poor your comfort
lend.
The pennies you help * nurse to
send ... ? .
To those who at the "Home do
stay . .
The sick, the poor, the lonely ones,
^idows of those who wore the
Grey.
The above four stanzas com
posed by the clever and talented
president of Morehead City's chap
ter of the Daughters of the Con
federacy and at whose home the
delightful affair was given, ex
plains in full the worthy purpose
( ? ? ?
of the occasion. The sum of $28
was raised.
The Princess Xima de Waldeck
of Moscow, Russia, is registered
at the Charles Hotel. She has come
to the United States to forget the
sorrows and anxieties caused by
the revolution in her country. The
princess and party are on their
way to Miami, Fla. on the yacht,
Navajo.
William Penn Adams, one of the
city's best known and oldest citi
zens, died on the 11th at the age
of 71. In the commercial world
Mr. Adams for more than 40 years
conducted a mercantile business in
the town, at one time being con
sidered the largest in this com
munity. lie was the son of Cor
nelius F. and Holland H. Adams.
Note: These are the last items
from the Coaster for the year 1919
as the remaining issues are miss
ing.
Stamp News
By STD KKONISH
To mark the centenary of the
death of Mother Mary Aikcnhcad,
founder of the Irish Sisters of
Charity, Eire has issued two new
stamps of identical design.
Mother Aikenhead's Sisters were
active in every sphere of charitable
work as well as religious and nurs
ing. A group of the Sisters went to
Australia to labor among the Irish
exiles there.
In the midst of her arduous work
Mother Aikenhead was stricken
with a serious spinal disease which
left her practically bed-ridden for
the last 27 years of ber life.
This stamp, the first to be issued
by Eire in honor of an Irish wo
man, bears a portrait of Mother
|MaAY A IK 6 NHEADJ
ciRje 13
Aikenhead. The denominations are
3 pence blue and 1 shilling 3 pence
red.
Collectors desiring first day cov
ers may write to Irish Cachet
Covers, 947 East 32 Street, Brook
lyn 10, N. Y. The cost per cover
with complete set of stamps is 7S
cents.
Youngsters do brighten up a
home. Whoever saw one of them
turn off any electric lighta?
Comment . . . j. k.iiu?
Handling Scot*' Dialect
Bobby Burns is usually quoted in
this matter and it is true that he
well deserves the attention. Ilia
talents ranged from the English
of "Sweet Afton" to such linguis
tic forms as, "The heapet happer's
ebbing still, And still the clap plays
clatter."
There is at least one other poet
who is as talented with the dialect
as Burns, but he has a different
attitude and does not so tax our
imaginations with such extremely
local terminology. He is Alexander
Anderson, who lived 1M5-1S09,
working a hundred years after
Burns.
While Burns appeals to many
with his jovial disregard for de
cency and his kindness of heart,
Alexander is gifted with under
standing of and regard for good
ness. His kindness is mature and
he tends more to wisdom than to
cleverness. In the story of a mo
ther trying to get her three sons to
sleep ("Cuddle Doon") he relates:
Wee Jamie wi' the curly heid?
He aye sleeps next the wa'?
Bangs up an' cries, "I want a
piece"? ?
The rascal starts them a'.
I rin an' fetch them pieces,
drinks?
They stop awee the soun'?
Then draw the blankets up, an' cry,
"Noo, weanies, cuddle doon!"
But ere five minutes gang, wee
Rab
Cries oot, frae 'neath the claes,
"Mither, mak' Tam gie ower at
ance : ,
He's kittlin' wi' his taes."
The mischief's in that Tam for
tricks;
He's bother half the toon.
But aye I hap them up, an' cry,
'(Oh, bairnies, cuddle doon!"
The bairnies cuddle doon at nicht
Wi' mirth that's dear to me;
But soon the big warl's cark an'
care
Will quaten doon their glee.
Yet, come what will to ilka ane,
May He who rules a boon
Aye whisper, though their pows
be bald,
"Ob, bairnies, cuddle doon!"
Smile a While
Following the first showing of ?
film adapted from a novel by a
famous Irish author, he was asked
what he thought of it.
"Very good film." he replied.
"Who wrote the story?"
"You did," was the answer. "We
got it from your book."
"I wouldn't have known it," said
the author. "But it would make
an excellent novel. Mind if I use
it?"
"Of course not, so long as you
give us an option on the film
right a." ?Irish Digest
Dad ? You mustn't pull the cat'a
tail.
Sonny ? I'm only holding it The
cat'a pulling. ? About Face
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Words of Inspiration
TBS OAT or DECISION, FANTASY, SEAL?
A una*
The time: Early November.
The place: Heavenly Court.
The acton and scene: The Heavenly Father U Mated at the Bar of
Justice, at His right is His Son. As the scene opens, the Heavenly Father
and the Son look beyond the Judgment Table upon a troubled world.
Today Their special attention la focused upon the "Promised Land".
A country on earth that baa for more than three centuries enjoyed God'*
special blessings.
This was a very "special land", for the Father had guided the ships
. . . bringing the Founders to its shores as they sought homes for their
families and the right to worship their God . . . according to the dic
tates of their hearts.
Now . . . both the Father and the Son were troubled. The Founders
bad fought and through the years many had died to preserve the free
dom of "The Land". Realizing the possibility . . . that men . . . drunk
with power . , . might destroy This Land . . . God had put into the
hearts of the early Founders the need for a two-party system ... to
govern . . . and preserve ... the rights of His chosen people.
As They surveyed The Land . . . They could see the stores filling
with bright Christmas gifts . . . and the Father's thoughts turned back
nearly two thousand years . . . when the wise men had followed the
bright Star of the East ... to the manger of His own Beloved Son . . .
the greatest Gift the world has ever known. He had taught mortals to
love one another and bad died for the sins of mankind.
The people of the Promised Land bad been watched carefully by the
Father and the Son through all the years of their existence. The Book
of Life was in almost every home . . . though seldom read today.
Just a few generations ago "The Land" held great promise. The
Father had spoken into the hearts of the Founders, "I need you ... I
will let you live in Peace and plenty ... but each man must work out
his own salvation . . . and follow my laws in "The Book."
Now ... in the high offices of The Land were many evil rulers . . .
who did not have the bes* interest of the people in their hearts.
Many churches of God were darkened and quite often God could see
frail little men shooting rockets at the moon. TTiey said, "We are trying
to find a way to preserve Peace." God knew they were really trying to
rule the world with fear of extinction. The real secret to Peace must
always come from the loving hearts of men.
As They watched the Son's thoughts also turned back ... to a dark
day on Calvary's Hill when He though innocent of any crime had given
His life for mankind. Since that day He had stood at the great Bar of
Justice, pleading the case of frail humanity.
Today as He looked down upon His chosen people, His hand reached
over and touched His Father's and He said "Father forgive them . . ,"
For many years the Father had spoken into the hearts of His chil
dren and said "Arise, O men of Israel, put into your high offices men
of God and save your land." Some had heard and offered their services
and themselves to the people. But the hearts of the people had grown
selfish and careless . . . they did not seem to care or understand.
This was the Day of Decision, and as they looked down they saw
men in high positions come from stores . . . marked with numbers . . .
all over the Land, laden with "persuaders" for so many of the people
would cast their lot according to the wishes fo the evil ones who paid
them in drink.
And They saw uie Money Changers fill their pockets with gold to be
doled out in small quantities to those who would sell their birthright
and their opportunity to put into office men who loved their country,
their families and their God.
The Son looked again into the eyes of the Father and said, "Father,
forgive them . . . they know not what they do."
And the Father said, "Have I not marked each door with numbers
that say to my children . . . "Do not Enter" . . . Just as I did in the
days of Moses when I marked each door with blood and death? Have
they not seen the highways marked in blood, or the broken homes, the
orphaned children? Have they not seen murder and death ... the in
sane ... the prisons filled with those who have entered these stores or
partaken of the drinks sold there? Have they not sold their freedom
today , . . their rights as children of The Promised Land ... for a
drink ... or a small coin?"
The Father looked again at "The Promised Land" and He saw the
dedicated servants of God who had offered their services to the people
. . . return to their homes in defeat . . . their heads bowed . . . their
hearts heavy.
The Father arose to His feet and brought a clenched fist down upon
the Bar of Justice and said, "Vcngeance is Mine saith the Lord ..."
Then He felt the compassionate touch of the hand of His Son . . .
and turned to look into His tear filled eyes and heard Him beg again
for mercy upon the evu men and women of today. Just as He did for
those who drank . . . gambled . . . cursed . . . and nailed Him to the
cross on Calvary's Hill . . . when He cried out in pain . . . ' "Father
forgive them . . . they know not what they do!"
Security for You...
Br RAY HENRY
If you're one of the six million
getting public assistance checks
or you think you may be eligible
for checks, this column is for you.
Congress has added about 200
million dollars to what the federal
government spends each year for
the four public assistance pro
grams: aid to the needy aged,
blind, severely disabled and chil
dren in families without bread
winners.
The programs are part of the
Social Security system ? although
it's not widely known. Probably
this is because the programs arc
run mainly by the individual
states, with the federal govern
ment laying down broad rules and
chipping in with money.
In fact, whether your assistance
check will be bigger due to the
extra 200 million depends on your
state. It'll get some of the money.
But, it doesn't have to pass it on
in bigger checks.
Here's why: Your state has to
put up part of your check to get
any assistance money for you
from the federal government. How
big a part of your check each puts
up depends ? in general ? on the
site of your check. With the money
Congress has just added, your
state may use the government
money to reduce the amount It
puts up and not change the amount
of your check.
Or, it may be impossible for
your state due to its own laws to
raise your check now. Your state
may have a law which sets a limit
on how big public assistance
checks can be and you may be
getting the limit.
Same state* do have such laws.
Ia those states, the legislatures
would have to change their laws to
raise the limits. None of the legis
lature* are in session now and
only New Jersey plana to meet
before next year. So people in
those states getting the legal limit
will have to wait.
This can be said: Generally, in
the past, the states hav?? sooner
or later? raised public asaistance
cheeks when the federal govern
ment has put up more money for
the programs.
Bat, if yon want to know what
may happen to your check, about
the only way you can find out is
to phone or stop by your local
public assistance office.
In putting up the extra money,
Congress figured" the states could
raise the checks for the needy
aged? that ii, people 65 or over?
an average of $4.75 a month; for
the blind, an average of $4.35 a
month; for the severely disabled,
$5.01 a month and for dependent
children (1.17 a month.
If you're not getting public as
sistance but you think you may be
eligible, here are some things you
ought to know:
Public assistance is paid only to
people with little or no income be
cause they're too (rid, disabled,
blind or young to work much.
The size of the payments am
based on a minimum budget the
state figures a person needs to
live. These budgets vary widely
from state to state and, as a re
sult, so do the assistance checks.
Far example: la June, the
checks to the aged average $29.85
in Mississippi? the state with the
lowest payments ? and averaged
$106.40 in Connecticut? the state
with the higheat payments.
Usually, any income a person
eligible for public assistance has
is deducted from the amount of
his payment and he geta the dif
ference up to the budget maxi
mum.
(UHn'i Note: Th asay con
tact A* social security repre
sentative at the coarthoase an
nex, Beaafart, from t:M a.m. U
aaoa Taesdays. He WO help yea
with year owa particalar proh
ha).
Just in Passing . . .
How can a rumor get around so
fast when it doesn't have a leg to
stand an?
It If what we learn after we
know it all that really counts.