Potatoes Used For Money
Eruption of a dormant volcano
has forced the inhabitants of
Tristan da Cunha to give up their’
bleak life on the "loneliest island
in the world.”
Tristan is a volcanic fragment I
21 miles in circumference rising
midway between South America
and South Africa. The British is- :
land is crowned by a 6,760-foot
crater, which was believed to be
extinct.
The volcano had been silent for
centuries, but it began spewing j
lava recently and two new cones
opened. The entire population of ■
some 260 fled to Nightingale Is- ’
land, one of four near-by unin
habited islets in the Tristan da j
Cunha group.
A Dutch ship took the refugees
to Cape Town, South Africa, the
first time all but a handful of the
islanders had ever left their home.
During the past, they had re
peatedly refused to move from
their tiny island and settle in
more hospitable surroundings.
News Travels Slowly
Tristan is so remote and lonely
that when a small atomic bomb
was exploded secretly anl harm
lessly only 60 miles away in Aug
ust, 1958, two years passed before
the islanders learned of it. The
information came to them by
chance in a letter from a news
paper reporter.
But the news was not tardy by
Tristan da Cunha’s standards. At
the turn of the century, a letter
mailed to Tristan arrived 12 years
late. World War I was almost
over before the islanders knew
it had started.
The islands were discovered by
a Portuguese mariner. Tristao
da Cunha, in 1506. Tristan was
permanently settled in 1811 when
Jonathan Lambert, a New Eng
land adventurer, arrived with
three companions. Lambert pro
claimed himself emperor and re
named the group the Islands of
Refreshment. There he hoped to
remain “far removed from the
reach of chicanery and ordinary
misfortune.” But he drowned two
years later while fishing. >
Great Britain occupied Tristan
in 1816 to prevent the French
from using it as a base for a
possible attempt to rescue Napo
leon from St. Helena, 1,500 miles
away. When the British garrison
left, a Scottish corporal named
William Glass was granted per
mission to remain with his wife
and two children. The population
was augmented by shipwrecked
sailors and deserters from whal
ing vessels that touched at Tris
tan.
Most Males Killed
In 1885, Tristan abruptly be
came an island of widows. Fifteen
men were drowned when their
longboat capsized. Only four
grown men survived on the is- I
land; two were over 60, and was
insane. Tristan survived this ear
lier catastrophe, and the popula
tion gradually was restored.
Weather and radio stations
were established on Tristan in ;
vVorld War II. A crayfish Indus- I
try. which exports "rock lobster,” i
was set up in 1948. Until then |
there was no money on the island j
and potatoes were the medium of I
exchange. The wartime Tristan
Times sold for two potatoes an
issue. The family with the most |
potatoes in storage was the |
wealthiest.
Modern innovations brought lit
tle change to Tristan. The in
habitants lived in stone cottages
with thatched roofs. Potatoes,
milk, and fish were the main fare
TV* worm carded, spun, and
milted wool.
All th a.ider.i are related b;
marriage and share seven sur
names. They are healthy people,
except for a certain amount of
asthma passed down from Cor
poral Glass, who suffered from
the complaint.
The islanders speak their own
English dialect, which is peppered
with idioms. The standard greet
ing is “How you is?” and the
reply. "I's fine, thanks. How’s
you?”
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MORGANTON — The federal
debt according to a recent
Treasury Department stands at
$293.5 billion. There are many
conflicting attitudes toward fed
eral spending, the national debt,
the tax burden, economic sta
bility, and individual freedom to
enjoy the fruits of one’s labor.
Each year the executive
branch of the federal govern
ment proposes measures for the
accomplishment of programs
and modifications of existing
programs. Thereafter the Con
gress approves or disapproves
of bills spelling out these pro
posals.
Gn January 10th when the
87th Congress convenes for the
2nd session it will renew its
consideration and examination
of bills, and subsequently will
enact appropriation and revenue
measures to carry ovrt the
great majority of the legislation
enacted. As these measures are
reported in the press the aver
age citizen determines how he
feels toward the legislation.
Sometimes the average citi
zen has a great deal of diffi
culty in weighing his attitude
toward a particular piece of
egislation because he weighs
oth the benefits and the cost
f the legislation. All of these
opinions form a public feeling
toward government fiscal poli
cies at any given time.
FISCAL TRENDS—The trend
of federal public debt has been
ipward for many years with
the exception of a three year
post-war period of 1947, 1948
and 1949. At the last session
of Congress the Administration
asked and was granted a re
quest to raise the national pub
lic debt limit to $298 billion.
Over the period of 1954 to
1961, inclusive, in response to
administration requests, the sta
tutory limit on the Federal debt
was raised eight times. Three
of these increases were within
one 16-month period. This year
there will be a deficit of $7.9
billion in federal expenditures
over federal revenues.
There have been 25 federal
deficits in the past 31 years.
In the cold war strategy of
Khruschev our fiscal policy is
one of his prime targets. Re
cent studies by a Senate Sub
committee concerned with our
national financial solvency
pointed out that our fiscal poli
cies determine the strength of
our military might, the effec
tiveness of our international re
lations, and our entire domestic
stability'.
This study also has an in
teresting piojection of future
trends in federal expenditures
unless our national attitude is
changed. It points out that
while our regular federal bud
get will be about $88.4 billions
with an additional $26.7 billions
for trust fund expenditures for
the current year these expendi
tures are slated to rise by 1965
under current conditions to a
regular federal budget of $106
billions and federal trust ex
penditures of $31 billions an
nually.
BALANCING THE BUDGET
—I believe it is an unsound fis
cal policy to operate the fed
eral budget five-sixths of the
time on a deficit basis. In the
precarious world in which we
live it is even more urgent to
day than in the past for this
nation to begin operating the
federal treasury on a balanced
budget.
National security and nation
' al solvency lequire our genera
■ tion to pay our obligations as
i we go along.
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Garden Time
By M. E. GARDNER
N. C. State College
A reader is distressed about her
pecans which were “empty, black
and worthless".
This is the story in many cases
and is due, primarily, to two
fungus diseases which attack the
shucks—mildew and scab. These
diseases, feeding on the shucks
soon after the pecans are well
formed, prevent development of
the kernels and result in “black,
empty” condition.
The only method of controlling
diseases and insects which attack
pecans is by following a spray
schedule using approved insecti
sides and fungicides. This pro
tection requires expensive spray
machinery and is not practical un
der home garden conditions.
If you are one of the lucky
ones who has escaped these fun
gus troubles and have well de
veloped nuts to enjoy this winter
keep paying the preacher and
maybe your luck will continue.
We have frequent requests from
new home owners about sugges
tions for plantings which will give
“quick color effect”. One answer
is fancy-leaved caladiums.
The caladium is one of the
really satisfactory shade plants.
The leaves make striking displays
against the deep green of ever
greens. It is fine for massing in
foundation beds.
1 would recommend the pur
chase of tubers about two inches
in diameter. The tubers may be
planted out-of-doors after the
temperature begins to level off in
the spring and will not go below
65 degres at night.
There are literally hundreds of
varieties but the following list are
the biggest sellers Mrs. W. B.
Haldeman, White Christmas, Spot
light, Thomas Tomlinson, Sun
burst, Red Ensign, Red Flare,
Exposition, Crimson Wave, Pink
Cloud, Texas Beauty and Lord
Duby.
The serap-lea ved caladiums are
a distinct class differing from the
fancy-leaved class in leaf appear
ance. The leaves are heavier tex
tured, somewhat leathery and are
usually narrower than the fancy
leaved type.
Some varieties of the strap
leaved class are—Elizabeth Lou,
Horatio Sid, King Lear, Pink
Charmer, Red Chief, Ripple, and
White Wings.
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“Our town covers a large area
and this resolution in a measure
creates a large staff of “deputies”
or “assistant policemen”. The
amount of the reward is left to
the discretion of members of the
board, and there will be none paid
unless a good and valid case is
made out and proved in court."
Another resolution having to do
with trespass and|or theft covers
the cutting of Christmas trees and
hauling them away from the
Town of Long Beach. “I under
stand that in years past it has
become quite common for Christ
mas tree hunters to poach upon
the lands of property owners at
Long Beach,” Walker said Tues
day. “From now on it will be un
lawful to cut and remove trees
without the written permission of
the property owners.”
“This latter ordinance covers
not only cedars, which have been
in great demand as Christmas
trees, but the gathering of mis
tletoe, holly, youpon and yucca
as well.”
One final warning is being
given to hunters that the use of
firearms within the corporate
limits of Long Beach is unlawful,
and Walker said this week that
enforcement will be strict, this in
the interest of other beach visitors
who might be endangered by
richachetting bullets or scattered
pellets from shotguns.
Runaway Pony Meets His
Match In Southport Matron
A frisky little Shetland
pony who believed the grass
to be greener on the other
side of the fence—particular
ly in the garrison at South
port—helped create a mild ex
citment Monday morning for
the benefit of a crowd gather
ing for the session of Superior
court.
The little fellow was graz
ing on the garrison lawn,
when he was herded into the
“corral” at the rear of the
officers’ quarters and the
gate closed behind him. There
still remained the problem of
getting him on the end of
the rope, for the fenced in
back yard is of considerable
size.
Gentle persuasion was of
no avail, and when one group
set out behind him, another
prepared to meet him in the
narrow confines of the front
yard of the brick quarters
opposite the courthouse. Ob
viously hemmed in, the little
fellow paused to study the
situation. That did it.
Mrs. Polly Cammack, resi
dent of one of the building's,
had joined the posse, and
when the toy horse hesitated,
she didn’t. She grabbed him
by the mane with one hand,
and the other she clutched
him in the nostil. His first
impulse to rear up was im
mediately stiffled, and he
stood docile as a kitten for
the the halter to be applied.
It turned out that this was
not the first hand-to-hand
combat for Mrs. Cammack
with a pony. “I have a broth
er who raises them,” she con
fided. “I’ve helped handle
them before” and none who
saw her has cause to doubt
it.
Car On Loose Causes Big
Damage—But Only To Self
The peace and quiet of the
Basil Watts home was rude
ly interrupted during the
early afternoon Sunday when
a loud, crashing noise was
heard in the front yard.
Members of the family
rushed to the door to look
out, and there they discover
ed Donald St. George’s auto
mobile standing a few feet
back from a sturdy oak which
had just sustained a mighty
empact.
But their first concern was
not for the car. Mrs. Watts
and Mrs. St. George are sis
ters, and it was a matter of
importance of who had been
hurt in the accident. The an
swer was that nobody had.
Details of the strange acci
dent unfolded. The St.
Georges live about a block
from the Watts home on
West St.., but at a little high
er elevation. Someone had
left the St. George car in
front of the house, out of
gear. Some strange impulse,,
perhaps the wind, had set it
in motion and nothing halt
ed the progress until it had
hit the tree.
Damage to the car was
assessed at more than $100,
with grill and radiator bent,
possibly ruined beyond re
pair.
And the St. George insur
ance does not cover this type
of freak accident.
CARD OF THANKS
We are grateful for the expres
sions of sympathy and for the
many acts of kindness from
friends and neighbors following
the recent death of our loved me.
THE FAMILY OF
RILEY D. CLEMMONS
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1) a signed statement certifying J
that the boat is a commercial j
fishing boat, as defined in G. S.
75A-5, and 2) a receipt, signed by
an authorized agent of the N. C.
Department of Conservation and
Development, Division of Com
mercial Fisheries, bearing the ,
boat number originally awarded ‘
by the Wildlife Resources Com
mission and showing that the
commercial fishing boat license
tax imposed by G. S. 113-174.7
has been paid for the period dur
ing which the application for re
newal is submitted.”
State law defines commercial
fishing boats as “motorboats t
which are used primarily for com
mercial fishing operations from ,
which operations the owners and|
or operators thereof derived more
than one-half of their gross in
comes during the preceding calen
dar year.”
Owners of boats registering *
such boats for the first time must '
pay the $3 fee, but will be ex
empted from payment of a renew- s
al fee in subsequent years as !
long as the boat duly qualifies I
as a commercial fishing craft. j
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