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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, November 28, 1969
THE NEW BERN MIRROR
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HE SQUAWKED TOO
Those most eager to pounce upon Vice President
Spiro I. Agnew for his iambasting of teievision, radio,
and more recentiy the nation’s newspapers, have been
quoting Harry Truman to the effect that "if you can’t
stand the heat (meaning the press) stay out of the
kitchen."
This bringing of the Man of independence into the
picture impiies that Truman, a gentieman we’ve aiways
admired, was thick skinned or philosophicai enough to
accept unfavorable attention from the press without
flinching.
Truth of the matter of course is that Truman, at
times, found the temperature in the kitchen much too
high also. Admittedly, Agnew has been rather caustic
in his attacks on the news media, but less so than the
Man of Independence was on at least one occasion.
Democratic politicians, quoting Truman’s “kitchen”
remark and leading the denunciation of Agnew, have
been careful not to cite the instance when the President
became so infuriated at a reporter that he expressed
the desire to permanently disable him by kicking him in
a very intimate section of his anatomy.
It was a decidedly human reaction on Truman’s
part, seeing as how the offending newsman, a music
critic, had committed the unpardonable sin of writing
an unflattering review after attending a public concert
by the President’s only daughter, Margaret.
The critic’s evaluation of the young lady wasn’t cal
culated to warm the heart of her quite proud father, but
it appears to have been accurate. Margaret was a
gracious and charming person, but like a lot of other
Americans of less prominence she wasn’t weighted
down by talent.
And, to keep history straight, Truman made no
secret of the fact that he considered most of the na
tion’s press unfair and hostile when he was campaign
ing against Tom Dewey, immediately prior to the great
est Presidential election upset ever recorded.
A majority of the country’s leading newspapers did
give the Man of Independence an unfair press, but it
didn’t prevent his being elected in his own right, after
succeeding Franklin D. Roosevelt when he died in
office.
The Mirror points these things out, not for the
glorification of Spiro T. Agnew, nor the condemnation
of Harry S. Truman. They deserve mention to keep in
proper perspective the fact that no one, be he Demo
crat, Republican, Socialist, or what have you, likes to
get an unfavorable press.
Any newsman who butters up a public official is
regarded with unlimited benevolence by the individual
so blessed. By the same token, the newsman who dares
place a public official in a bad light immediately be
comes a scoundrel in the eyes of that official. Nothing
will ever change this one iota.
However, mark us down as one editor who agrees
with Agnew when the Vice President charges that much
of the news assembled in Washington and New York
City, and distributed across the nation, is slanted to
coincide with the views and sentiments of the distribu
tors.
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Historical
Gleanings
ELIZABElfl MOORE
LANDS OF RICHARD
DOBBS SPAIGHT (Gover
nor of North Carolina,
1792-1795)
Richard Dobbs Spalght died
In the year 1802, seized of sev
eral tracts of land on both
branches of Slocomb Creek, on
Ellis Lake, Little or Black
Lake, Long Lake, the N W or
Great Lake, and In the swamp
and pecosln around said lakes,
chiefly In the County of Crav
en and extending probably In
Carteret County.
Said lands vested In undivid
ed moieties In Richard Dobbs
Spal^t, the son, and Marga
ret E. Spal^t, the daughter of
said Richard Dobbs Spalght by
devise and descent, and the
said Margaret having Inter
married with JohnR. Donnell,
one of the parties of the first
part, and died Intestate, leav
ing her husband, the said John
aforesaid possessed of a life
estate In her undivided moiety
In said lands, and her three
children: Mary S. Shepard,Ann
M. Donnell and E.SpalghtKurl,
Intermarried with Thomas M.
Kurl, together with her son,
Richard S. Donnell, and her
daughter Fanny, since de
ceased, her heirs at law.
Richard Dobbs Spalght, son
of the first Richard Dobbs
Spalght, died Intestate, without
Issue, leaving the children of
his sister, viz: Mary S. She
pard, Ann M. Donnell and E.
Spalght Kurl, together with
their brother Richard S. Don
nell, and John R. D. Shepard,
the son of their deceased sis
ter Fanny, who intermarried
with James B. Shepard, his
heirs at law, the lands referred
to: 640 acres on Ellis Lake
granted to Michael Ellis Feb.
4, 1773; 150 acres on said Lake
granted to William Foster Feb.
4,1773; 200 acres on EllisLake
granted to'Far nlfold Green May
24, 1773; 1200 acres Joining the
Ellis tract granted to Richard
Dobbs Spalght Dec. 9, 17 2;
640 acres Joining the Ellis
tract granted to William Dry
March 14, 1775; 850 acres Join
ing the 1200 acre tract and 840
acres granted toRlchardDobbs
Spalght Dec. 14, 1793; 1/2 of
1000 acres granted to Richard
Dobbs Spalght Dec. 14,1793; 200
acres on the South side of West
branch of Slocomb Creek, pa
tented by William Brice 8
March 1743; and conveyed toR.
D. Spalght by Benners Vail
June 8, 1801; 150 acres on
Ellis and Little or Black Lake
granted to Joseph Leech Oct.
31, 1794, 650 acres back of
Foster and Green tracts on
Ellis Lake by R. D. Spal^t
Dec. 14, 1793; 640 acres back
of the Barron and Borden tracts
on Ellis Lake, Joining the Dry
tract; 640 acres on Long Lake
(Girard's Neck) patented by
William Dry March 14, 1775,
&c conveyed to R. D, Spalght
by Benjamin Smith, Executor
of William Dry, May 14,1793.
Above described lands con
veyed by Mary S. Shepard, Ann
M. Donnell, Thomas M. Kurl
and wife, E. Spalght Kurl and
John R. Donnell to William F.
Lewis and others by deed dated
14 January, 1849, recorded in
Book of Deeds 64 Page 522,
Craven County. Witnessed by
James Gooding, J. B. Hughes,
H. H. Harris. Proved before
M. E. Manly and William G.
Bryan.
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We wish to bring to the at
tention of our readers three
volumes of aid and interest In
tracing family histories: l.Leo
M. Hershkowitz, ed. Wills of
Early New York Jews, 1704-
1799. 1. Leo M. Hershkowitz
Sparkle
During
the
Yuletide
Season
and Isidore S. Meyer, eds. The
Lee Max Friedman Collection
of American Jewish Colonial
Correspondence: Letters of
the Franks Family, 1733-1748
Waltham, Mass. 3. Abraham
J. Karp, ed, five volumes, The
Jewish Experience In Ameri
ca. Address: Bernard Wax,
Director, 2 Thorton Road
Waltham, Mass. 02154. Each
book deals not only with early
American Jewish history but
also with other individuals and
families.
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