"TAGE TWO W : CARTEREt COUNT? MEWS-TIMBi, MOREBeA,D Off AND BEAUFORT, W. C. FftlDAt, FEBRUART 11 194 FUNNY OR SERIOUS ? Majority oi Residents Ccmply with Listing Law ing January, F. R. Seeley, Beaufort list taker, estimated yesterday. Listing was scheduled to close the last day of January but list-takers In the court house were on the j b through Saturday. Australia Reports Population Carteret County News-Times ' A Merger Of The Beaufort News (eat. 1912) & The Twin City Times (est. 1938) CANBERRA (AP) Aus tralia's population at June 30, 1947, was 7,579,358. This is the final fig ure shown after the count of the census taken on that date.' - Approximately 80 per cent of county residents listed taxes dur O EDITORIAL PAGE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11 1949 ,3 ' at 1 a 1 The Movies Retaliate The Stewart-Everett chain of theatres, owner and operator of all movie houses in Beaufort and Morchead City, has takrn ex ception to our recent editorial condemning the showing of lurid gangster aid murder thriller movies on Saturdays when the youth of Carteret County flock to the playhouses, not to sec that type of harmful trash but rather their old favorites in the twiditional wild west shows. As a matter of fact the editorial so upset the movie mono polist that they have discontinued oil their advertisements. We can only assume that Stewart-Everett believes that their ad vertising dollars can dictate the editorial policy ot THE NEWS TIMES. Stewart-Everett is naturally very interested in the fifteen cents each county youth passes through its box windows on Sat urdays and likewise we, naturally, are interested in the advertising money that comes our way. But our interest in revenue is not thove our interest in the youth of Carteret County. We do not presume to dictate to the movie houses as to what pictures should play and what ones should not, any more than we will tolerate their dictating to us what we shall print and wlv l we shall not. Our editorial merely pointed out that "murder pictures" are not the proper thing to he shown to youngsters and it suggesled th;it other types of shows play on Saturdays when most children go to the movies. If there is some insurmountable barrier to changing the Sat urday playbills, we are more than glad to listen to Stewart Everett's side of the story. The names of the movies playing currently at the various theaters will appear in our paper as a news item. SVf.vi 3i 83 , if JO I ftecrealion Does It Have A Place Here? Both Beaufort and Morchead City are taking a forward step in recognizing the importance of recreation, not only for young people, but for adults. In the workaday world that is ours too little thought is given to relaxation, especially the type of relaxation that recreates and gives one a zest for living. Too easily we let ourselves fall into a routine that becomes wearisome, not so much because we work hard, but we do the same thing r 1 1 the time, day after day. Planned recreation is usually thought of in connection with a factory populace. It is true that our population is not largely in dustrial. Our two major occupations, farming and fishing, are outdoor jobs. But even the farmer and fisherman must have a means f relaxing. Each of them should be removed at least once a week, if not oftener, from the strain of their daily tasks. The housewife, the businessman neither do they work on an assembly line, yet diversion from their daily routine is necessary if they are to remain healthy, happy citizens. Miss Ronie Sheffield, assistant director of the North Carolina Recreation commission, in her address Tuesday night to Beau fort Rotarians, told what comprises a well-rounded recreation program: sports, music, crafts, art and drama for all ages!. Too frequently when we think of recreation, our thoughts turn to games or sport of some sort. This is fine for the school child who sits at a desk all rhy or for a factory worker who spends the major part of the day within a confined area. But a farmer or fisherman would be unlikely to enter with zest into a basketball game after he has been working in the fields or hauling nets all day. Maybe the farmer would enjoy making something with his hands, tooling leather or working in Wood; perhaps the fisherman would be interested in wood carving; the housewife in relaxing with a hand loom in front of her so she could weave, making her own designs there are innumerable possibility for the relaxation that actually re-creates. But where can a place be found or where is the opportunity offered for one to engage in such recreation in Carteret county? No where. Of course, we look to recreation for our children and this must not be neglected. But for change, let's turn our thoughts to ourselves, not selfishly, but for the purpose of making us happier individuals recreation, the proper type, can do that. With Dr. Harold Meyer, director of the North Carolina Re creation commission and Miss Sheffield's visit here, the ball has I started rolline. If we Dick it ud and run. we will have with nnr natural resources, recreation facilities that arc second to none. I -TMl lift 4 "IV II T-.W?s'SaSriS,4 mi -' iiii i Mm ".. m ' -av a m-mm m n Mound up pS TttA jFIrEVALUATIONS . , . Nothing ws said about K In the press, but Long John Skinner of Littleton, big wheel of the North Carolina Coun ty Commissioners Association, and Kerr Seott tossed some rather harp darts at each dther in the privacy of the governor's office here last week. What they had to say In that little meeting should be of interest to every landowner In the State. Said Governor Scott to Long John Skinner: "Your commission ers are too conservative. When are you fellows going to got on the ball? It is time for an upward re- CABTEBET CCUHTY NEWS-TIMES Carteret County's Only Newspaper A Merger Of 1HE BEAUFORT NEWS (But. 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Et.l9JB) Published Tuesdays and Fridays By THE CARTERET PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC L Lockwood Phillips Publisher Eleanor Dear Phillips .,. Ruth Leckey Peeling, Executive Editor Publishing Office At 807 Evans Street, Morthead City, N. C. 120 Craven Street, Beaufort, N. C. .tlali rates: In Carteret, Craven, Pamlico, Hyde and Onslow Counties $5.00 ina year; $3,00 tlx months: 11.75 three months; ai.OO one month. Outside the ehnve named counties $6.00 on yeir; S3.B0 six month;. $3.00 three month; $1.00 on month, - pi i i i i n i m Member Of Associated Press Greater Weeklies N. C. Press Audit Bureau of Circulations Association Enured a Second Clan Matter at Morehead City, N. C nder Act ef March S, M79 . . The Associated Press la entitled exclusively to us (or republication of k , aal new printed tn this newspaper, as well as all AP Haw dispatch, fughts of republication othnrwls reserved. valuation of property in North Carolina nil over the Stale." With that, Skinner virtually hit the ceiling. What? Revalue prop erly in tliese inflationary times? He told of the revaluation experi ences of the 2()'s and of the fore closures, etc.. duri.i? the depres sion, lie's agin it dead agin it. However, Governor Scott has said privately during recent weeks that the value of property on the tax with its actual monetary value. II is his opinion that counties would not find it necessary to come crying for State aid for si'hoolhouses, for instance, if they had the proper tax programs at home. Ot crurse with an upward revaluation, the tax rate could be lower. Is property in your county on the tax books nt a figure far below ils actual value? Is this I he proper! time to revalue property? The little Scott-Skinner contro veisy is exceedingly important at tins time. NOT SO WELL ... The N. C. Employment Security Commission has approximately 800 employees, most of whom, it seems, have been in a lather for the past few weeks concerning the future of their head man, Henry E. Kendall, chairman of the Employment Se curity Commission. A native of Shelby and a brother of Editor H. W. Kendall, of the Greensboro Daily News, Henry was appointed by Governor Cherry to this posi tion. He's made a good man, but was supposedly a Johnsonian Dem ocrat, hence the jitters. doubtedly some truth in the state ment. While Scott complains that there doesn't seem to be any leadership in the Legislature, the men who compose it say they are looking to Seott for leadership. Thus you have the stalemate. On roads, the governor has pointed the way: a one-cent increase in the gasoline tax and a $200,000,000 bond issue. He asks that the gasoline tax be raised by the Legislature, but the Legislature seems to want the in crease tied to the bond issue. That is, to let the people vote on both items. The executive and the leg islative branches of the State are at odds on this issue. Smile a While Telephone Operator: "I'm sorry, sir that number has been taken out." Man on Phone: "Oh, is that so? Well, can you give me any infor mation as to just who has been taking her out?" Iftuc yet mt aU tvitk AflffTyi aW Art ltd QUALITY HViiViu liLrv W If v- TIRES Yes, tor satisfied service at a savings, you can't beat Mohawk Tires. These modern, attractive tires have a tougher-tread that's why you get more miles on Mohawks and safety from skidding. The carcass of every Mohawk Tire has surpus-sfrengjfi your protection against bruises, blowouts and other tire hazards. They are remarkably resilient, too Mohawk Tires provide a ssft, smooth, comfortable ride. Yet the:? qjallty Uses cost no more In Charlotte resides one R. Brooks Price, $3,800 field repre se itative of the ESC, a strong Scott man and the brother of an ardent Scott disciple in Union County. The employees of ESC have heard for three months now that Price Is turning heaven and earth to move to Raleigh, thus raising his salary exactly $3,000 per year. Up until last week they were sure Kendall was on the way out. He may be, But Capus Waynick likes him. So does his brother in Greensboro. It begins to look as if Price may con tinue to reside in Charlotte. His campaign isn't going as well as ear ly In the year. Why Is all this petty dickering imnnrtnnt? Mninlv hern lisp virtual ly every department here is shroud ' ed in girlish whispers about what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month. LADY ON -THE BENCH . . . Don't say who told you, but there is a very good chance that Miss Susie Sharps, Reidsville attorney, will have the honor of being the first womart to grace the Superior Court bench in North Carolina. Scott likes to break precedents and herein lies his opportunity to do so and at the same time pull into his scope of influence an unusually fine legal brain. Since it is bad to discuss women's ages, particularly if they are unmarried, it is only im portant to remember , that Miss Sharpe was old enough to vote for Scott three times last year. She and her father Influenced many a bal lot for the governor in Rocking ham county. ALSO GWYNN? ... It is almost certain that Scott will have the op portunity to fill one or more State Supreme Court vacancies during his term of office. He doesn t have somebody who was on his team, for the jurists flocked to Johnson. However, Judge Allen Gwynn of Reidsville was a. Scott man, so look in that direction when the vacancy occurs; FLOUNDERING ; V; The Legis lature is still floundering. In. fact, the old heads here, Including some of the solons themselves, agree that it is the "most disorganized" Gen eral Assembly they have ever known. That seems to be putting it little strong, but there is tin- OTHER ISSUES ... On other is sues, Governor Scott is pretty va gue. On the one hand, he wants $22,000,000 more fof the operation of Schools than the Advisory Bud get Commission recommended. He wants $800,000. also from the Gen eral Fund, for the State Agricul ture Department. But and this is the important point he. makes not one recommendation as to where this extra tax money is to come from. He said in his press conference last Friday afternoon that "it takes guts to go forward", intimating, evidently, that the Leg islaure does not' have the "guts" to raise taxes. But he makes no sug gestion as to where the Legislature can look to get these taxes. On the contrary, he recommends taking the sales tax off meals, which will cost the State an estimated $800, 000, and the possible end to legal alcohol in North Carolina, Which will cost the State, In taxes, about $7,000,000. These are fine sugges tions and the people, if they could vote on them, would no doubt stand firmly with Kerr Scott. But where is the .22,800,000 only a portion of his "?o forward" program go ing to be raised? Further portions of his program call for $7,000,000 for ports im provements ahd $50,000,000 for loans to counties for schoolhouses, Where itv thunder is all this money coming from? FROM STATE INSTITUTIONS! ' ' ' Including the amount which was set aside for them in 1947, the State institutions mental asylums, the Greater University of North Carolina, colleges, etc.) will have about $76,000,000 for permanent improvements. Facilities at Most of these plants are a disgrace to North Carolina. Will Gov. Seott dip Into these funds? If he does Hot, he has only three brackets from which he can hope to raise any where near the revenue he will need for his "go forward" plan. SOURCES . . . He can raise the income tax, which paid the State $58,000,000 last year. He can go up on the sales tax., that penny-grab bing aggravation which Was put on as an "emergency measure" 16 years a?6 and hi still hanging around, bringing ill $39,000,000 during the past fiscal year. He can go back to a State tax on land. 8lnce he was One of the leaders in the fight to get it removed, he would like'y fight any attempt to resurrect it. He has recommended decrease in the sales tax. As candidate, Scott led the psople to believe he was against new taxes "with all that surplus In the banks". ; itXilX $79,800,000 . . It finally detetops that Gov. Scott will need in addi tional $79,000000 In order for North Carolina to "go forward." He requested in his inaugural ad dress that action be taken which would reduce taxes by $10,300,000, as referred to above. Thus he is in the hole $70,800,000 plus $10,300,000 or a total of S96V 100,000. Time marches Oil. ' Save your waste paper! ARCDEF Goldfish AUBURN, Ind. (AP) The DeKalb County Selective Service Board checked the loss in a burg lary and found a typewriter and two goldfish missing. The bowl re mained. DRIVE IN TODAYI 1st us equip your car with trouble-free Mohawk Tiros. Every Mohawk Tire is bad;."! ly ever 35 years expe rience in quality tire r.iaL!.;. 'o, for !!.3 bsst buy in tires get Mohawks f'v ' -c-j, las So use no more to bvyt before buying! Mr. FARMER and TRUCKER get cur prices on Ures lOHAvSr 82E5S2aE2 EVANS ST. POTTER TIRE CO. T. T. POTTER M 375-1 MOREHEAD CITY i ii i Ini id:! a k 9 W0S MD "''"ITV1. 7 I LUTitiri vrpiTh 11 U IMW and here's what's in it f PRINTED here are current prices on Buick cars delivered locally complete and ready to run. We invite you to compare them, dollar for dollar with particular eye to what the price includes. Every Buick price here includes such present day "musts" as an underseat heater, a fine-toned radio, back-up lights built into the car rather than hung on the bumper, windshield washers installed at the factory. Roadmaster prices include Dynaflow Drive, that super-smooth transmission available only on Buicks. Every price includes super-soft tires plus the extra comfort of the widest rims in the industry. Every Jxrice includes Fireball valve-in-head power Plus new self-setting valve lifters. So your dollars buy a matchless combination of ride and room and performance, of style and size and stepped-up visibility. And you get the four-square deal described in the panel. So go ahead and shop the cars. Check the prices. Check what's in them. Check the deal you get. You'll end up at a Buick dealer, get ting your order in! it w cUMir than ere tmiite,' DELIVERED AT YOUR DOOR INC1UOINO KADIO, UNDIftSMT MATH, Df'ftOSTfft, WIND. SHItlO WASHfft, BACK-UP lOMTS - AND DtNAHOW BRIVf ON ROADAMSTfft MODHS. SPECIAL SERIES 46$ 2-Door Sedanet 11 4-Door Sedan ...... $2084.80 2158.80 ' wvo art hit quoted pricti on this ssrist. Now SPfCMtS sro now under dsvolopmont and now prim will fa announced whan production of hVs rorioi U roiumtd. SUPER SERIES 56S 2-Ooor Sodanef 2411.80 51 4-Door Sedan 2511.80 56C Convertible ........ 2943.80 59 Estate Wagon 3548.80 ROADMASTER SERIES 765 i-Doot Sedenet 2980.30 71 4-Door Sedan 3m i 76C Convertible .J 35Z-30 79 Esfafe Wagon 4ui-30 Stafo and ch torn, U any, xtro. Dynaflow Drfvo optional at sjrfro corf on SUP modsfi. Who ildswall first optional at extra cost on mil aiodali. All print luhj.cf (a chongt without notico. HERE'S OUR fOUR-SQUARE SELLING POLICYI 1. NO MICI PADDINQI W, guaranto our prltoi to contain nothing bat thdrgot thdt war standard proctko in figuring proW dolltorod prkoi. Tou rocoivo an Homiiod bill of sdl shewing all chargos. And w dltplay ear prlcM In our showroom. 3. NO "tOADINO" Of UMWANtlO ACCISSOfcllS. AK cars are d.Uvsrad with accouoriss at ordsrsd. Ws pledge ourselves to add no "extras" you do not want. ' 3. NO COMPMSORY TRAM-INS. Selling used ears Is part of our business. Naturally we like to take cars In trade. But you do not have to sell your cat to usl We will take your order, arid deliver your ear, without requiring cor in tradal 4. NO COLLUSION WITH "ORAf MARKITilRS." We wM not imewtngty be party to d tale of stoic cars to any Individual who operates In the "gray market" Ofcr Interest k entirely n delivering cars to bona - Ode I 1 " 11 '-tfefaA I I f , r.. i. HFNrr . 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