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'. MARCH 2, 1933 The Beaufort News inblished every Thursday at Beaufort, Carteret County North Carolina Beaufort Newt Inc., Publisher WILLIAM GILES MEBANE Pres. and Editur SUBSCRIPTION RATES (In Advance) One Year $2.00 Six Months t.OO Jhrtf Months - .60 Entered as second-class matter February 5, 1912 at the jostoffice in Beaufort, North Carolina, under the Act of March 8, 1879. MEMBER NOKTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1933 The Surry county grand jury and Solicitor Higgins seem to be a little nearsighted when ' it comes to investigating election frauds. Now Attorney-General Brummitt comes to their aid by giving them the names of the parties and telling what they did. And the worst of it is that the News and Observer printed it on the front page. - NOW IS THE TIME TO BUILD The News agrees with Mr. Seeley's conten tion that it is better to own a home than to pay rent and that it is also cheaper even though taxes are high Of course there may be exceptions to this rule such as where one owns a large and valuable place. Even then rent on such a place would probably be more than interest and taxes. Persons who can pay their taxes on their homes had better do it and not allow them to be sold. . Those who are paying rent now and who are able to get the money necessary to build had better go ahead and do it. A house can be built very cheaply now compared with what it cost a few years ago and what it may cost not many years in the future. are, then they should turn the job over to the President. Some say that this would make him a dictator. Well extraordinary times re quire extraordinary measures. Woodrow Wil son was given dictorial powers during the war and we are facing as great a crisis now as we were then. In fact the present troubles are mostly a continuation of the evils of the war. THE "NEW DEAL" IS ABOUT TO START Only a few days longer and the ship of state will have a new pilot. Not only will there be a new pilot a tthe wheel but most of the crew will likewise be new. "The new deal" will have started. No one can tell what the outcome will be every one is hoping for the best. It may be that the country expects too much of Mr. Roosevelt and the new Congress. Even so the change should do good. If every body thinks times will be better some im provement is sure to follow. One of the big troubles with the country now and for some time past, is that people are too despondent. They have surrendered to their fears. We have heard people say that they did not see how things could ever get any better. Talk of this sort is not only foolish but harmful. Things always do get better or worse one. We have gone about as far down hill as we could go and we must now go in the other di rection. If the change in administration does noth ing except inspire the people with courage and hope it will be doing a great job. If ev ery one will do what he can, be it much or little, to bring back prosperity then it will surely come. Government can help of course but the people must not sit back and wait for the government to shake plums off the trees for them. The government has nothing to give away except what it gets from the peo ple. So it is useless to expect Mr. Roosevelt and Congress to make us all rich. . We all hope that the new administration will do what it can to get the country on an even keel again but the people themselves can help and they should do it. Mr. Roosevelt hopes that his administration will be a success and of course will do what he can to bring it a bout but he cannot work miracles. Primar ily the future of this country depends upon its citizenship. WHAT SHALL WE DO TO BE SAVED? Amid all the talk about economic questions there is another problem that ought not to be overlooked. It has its economic aspect too because the needless destruction of human lives is waste of the worst sort. Our refer ence is to the appallingly large number of deaths in motor accidents of one kind and an other. Information as to this distressing sit uation has been furnished newspaper offices in a strikingly forceful manner by means of a booklet published by the Travelers Insur ance Company of Hartford, Connecticut. Many statistics are given and they show much light on the causes of accidents as well as the results of them. It appears that in all of the wars in which the United States has been engaged from the Revolutionary to the World War 300,000 per sons have lost their lives. During the past fifteen years 325,000 Americans have been killed outright or died of injuries sustained in automobile accidents. So it seems that bad as war is it is far less dangerous to human life than the automobiile. The auto death rec ord for the year 1932 alone was 29,000 and the number of accidents that year was 745, 300. In that year 1380 children were killed while playing in the streets. Pedestrians, on streets and roads, were slaughtered to the ex tent of 12,770. There were many causes for these accidents but fast driving accounted for 150,050 and not having the right of way caused 146,500 smashups- Driving on the wrong side of the road caused trouble 81,180 times and cutting in caused 24,610 accidents. Other causes of accidents are careless driv ing, not signalling, poor tires, bad lights and inferior brakes. If in spite of the depression there were as many accidents as there were in 1932 what will happen when the country gets prosperous again? The number of cars in use now is far less than it was a few years ago. Old cars are wearing out and not many new ones are being sold. As soon as they can get the mon ey people are going to buy cars again. And unless something done to prevent it the num ber of accidents, injuries and deaths will in-increase. County-Wide Contest For Speaking Honors Press Gleanings NO STATIC CURRENCY Maybe it isn't an electric dollar that is needed so much as an elastic dollar. New York Sun. WHIPPING PUPILS The Beaufort News tells of a Newport school prin cipal being badly mauled by an irate parent because of corporal punishment the teacher inflicted upon his son. No doubt the whipping was thoroughly deserved by the child, but why do school principals and superin tendents continue to jeopardize their jobs and subject themselves to sometimes dangerous assaults by con tinuing the archaic custom of whipping unruly and disobedient pupils? There is a more satisfactory and effective method. Send the pupil home, there to stay until the parents are ready to assure the school of ficials of better conduct or work on the part of their child. Whipping should be banned in the schools; if they are necessary in extreme cases, they should be inflicted by the parents. (Moore County News) The staire is set for the county- wide declamation contest to be held in the Beaufort School auditorium tomorrow, Friday night, March 3 at 7:45 o'clock. The public is cordially invited and admission will be iree. Sniritpfl nreliminarv contests have been held in each of the five schools to be represented in the contest and representatives and alternates have been selected for the occasion, one speaker to represent each schooi. participating, the selection to be used by each school, and the respec tive representatives and alternates from each school arc as follows: Orations by Boys Atlantic "The Duath Penalty" Warren Barfield, Woodrow Daniels. Beaufort "The Eleventh Com mandment" Leo Whitley, Fletcher Eure. Morehead City "The Need for a Heroism of Peace" Clifton Guth rie, Billy Chalk. Newport "A New Year's Address' James Mizzelle, Wilbur Garner. Smyrna "National Apostasy" Eric Lewis, Alton Davis. Recitation by Girl Atlantic "A Second Trial" Silvia Smith, Rosalie Mason. Beaufort "The Swan Song" Alma Potter, Johnice Dill. Morehead City "The Death Disc" Katherine Meadows, Mary Ortlieb. Newport "A Man of Sorrows" Signa Simmons, Berna Garner. Smyrna "The Lost Word" Cleo Jarvis, Alma Lois Styron. Music by the Morehead City School Band under thed irection of G. L. Arthur Jr., and vocal and instru-' mental numbers from the Smyrna and Newport Schools, wil ladd vari-1 ety to the program. Suitable prizes have been donated by Beaufort jewelers, the prize to the winnig boy, denated by W. H. Bailey, to be presented by C. R. Wheatly and the prize to the winning j girl, donated by B. A. Bell, to be awarded by M. Leslie Davis. County Superintendent Allen an nounced yesterday that judges from New Bern have been secured as fol lows: Miss Ruth Owen, T. D. Warren, Jr., and J. H. Holland. These judg es were selected by the Craven Coun ty Supt., R. S. Proctor, at Mr. Al len's request and are, in Mr. Proc tor's opinion, well qualified for their duties on this occasion. Misses Nellie Lewis and Ernestine Wynn, of the Beaufort faculty, will have charge of decorations and mar shalls for the occasion. The public is requested not to en ter the auditorium while any contest ant is speaking. COMMUNITY CLUB NOTICE LET ROOSEVELT DO IT If Congress wanted to save money for the taxpayers of the United States it could do it of course but Congress does not want to cut expenses of government, if it can be helped. The thing that members of Congress, we mean Senators and Representatives, think a bout most is reelection. They wish to man age things so that their constituents will send them back to Washington when their terms expire. They think the best way to do this is to be continually getting something out of the treasury. They try to get appropriations for their districts, without much regard as to whether they are meritoriou s or not. They are always on the lookout to see if they can get a job, or a pension or some other favor for some constituent. And the trouble is that many voters measure the ability of a Sen ator or Representative by the success which he shows in raiding the treasury. Inasmuch as Congress is reluctant to re dace governmental expenses it may be advis able to give authority to President Roosevelt to go ahead and do it. The taxpayers of the contry want something done and they want it done without any further delay or procrasti nation. Excuses will not suffice, action is wanted and results- It appears that Mr. Roosevelt is willing to take the responsibility of reduction of expenses if Congress will give him the authority. In his pre-election speech es he promised to cut costs by a very large amount. Congress must either ,do. the cut ting or give the President the necessary au thority. If Congressmen are too cowardly to do what they ouht to do, and most of them SHOULD HAVE PASSED IT Says a Raleigh report: , . . "The senate turned thumbs down on the Hinsdale bill, which, if enacted, would have prevented mem bers of the general assembly from accepting jobs of their own creation." , Can you think of one valid reason why such a law should not have been enacted? To permit members of the lawmaking body to be appointed to positions that they create, is to ignore fundamental human weakness, and to subject those immediately concerned to the appeal of the most in sidious cupidity. More and more, we need to know just whom we se lect to make laws for us. (Mt. Olive Tribune.) The Community Club will hold its regular business meeting Thursday, March 9 at 7:30 P. M. in the club room. Election of officers and other im portant matters will be taken up. All members who have not paid dues for the year are asked to see the treasurer, Mrs. B. H. Noe, and pay same before the meeting, as the year's report must be sent off immed iately afterwards. Mrs. J. H. Stubbs, Pres. ERROR IN ADV. CORRECTED In the advertisement of I. N. Moore, well known Beaufort grocer,, in last week's issue of the News it was stated that he was offering Pure Lard at 12 cents the pound. This was a typographical error as no doubt our readers knew because lard has not sold at this high a price any where in a long time. The advertise ment should have read "Pure lard at 7 cents a pound. CREDIT OF TOWN AND COUNTY GOOD In these days when numerous towns and counties are defaulting on their interest payments rnd the pay ment of maturing bonds it is gratifying to note that the Town of Morganton and Burke county are meett ing their debt obligatoins promptly on time. This is not a matter of good luck but is the result of the wise and efficient management of the town and county af fairs. A number of economies have been effected during the pas ttwo years in both the town and coun ty government . that has made it possible to maintain our debt payments promptly and in full. The credit rating of a town or county is just as important a3 the rating of the individual business man and if Morganton and Burke county can continue to maintain their debt payments through 3933 and '34 as they have through the adverse years of '31 and '32, their rating in financial centers will be such that if it should be necessary in the future to refinance a part of their indebtedness, they would undoubtedly find it comparatively easy to do so. High now, in this time of business depression, a good credit rating is the greatest asset that an individual or town or county can have. The residents of Morganton and Burke county have good reason to be thankful that the town and county are maintaining their credit rating during these troublesome times. It is gratifying to know that our town and county affairs are being handled in a bus iness like manner and that in spite of the depression that credit rating is being maintained. (Morganton Union County farmers have estab lished a milk receiving station at Monroe for trucking to the cheese factory at Albemarle, Stanly Conn ty. I" 8H B.JB H E! E w n n ra ilHil HE HE HI B " . sr. SHOPPING IS EASIER through the The Beaufort News WANT ADS Beaufort Newi Want Ads cost but little. If you wish to buy or sell some thing try our Want column, one cent a word. Beaufort STOP! READ! LISTEN! CONSIDERING THE HARD TIMES WHICH WE ARE HAVING AT PRESENT, WE KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY THE SAME PRICES FOR REPAIRING THEIR WATCHES, AS PAID HERETOFORE. I HAVE FROM JANUARY THE FIRST MADE A GREAT REDUCTION ON ALL WATCH REPAIRS. GET AN ESTIMATE FROM ME BEFORE YOU HAVE YOUR WATCH WORK DONE B. A. BELL IB Next to Postoffice THE JEWELER J Beaufort
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