Carteret County Mews-Ti?es
A Merger Of
The Beaufort News (eel. 1911) * The Tola City Tine* (eat MU)
EDITORIAL PACE ? FRIDAY, SEPT. $, IMS
Smm Say Lib is fear
The number of highway tragedies ia our county within the put
week makes one pause and ponder.
We read that the Labor Day weekend death toll set a new
record, but reports like that are seldom meaningful unless the
Grim Reaper has swung his scythe in our corner of the field.
Why this horrible, terrifying death on the highway? Safety
engineers, traffic specialists, highway patrolmen, members of state
motor vehicle divisions, automobile clubs, all of them seek the
caus^, and wage extensive campaigns to make motor travel safe.
One of the biggest tragedies to ocrur in this state was the
elimination of the motor vehicle inspection program. It has been
proved that a startling per centage of accidents result from de
fective motor vehicles. On that basis the state started the motor
vehicle inspection program.
On route 101 in Carteret county Sunday a driver was injured
because a tie rofl end flew off the running gear of his truck.
Perhaps such a weakness may not have been detected during
an inspection; yet if the owner would have hid to take the car
to a garage before being able to pass inspection, who knows?
We met some out-of-state people the other day who attributed
North Carolina's high accident rate to liquor. They were not pro
hibitionists, but they declared the fact that taking one drink at
a supper club or similar place is impossible.
"You've got to buy a whole bottle," the woman said, "and
no one will take half of it home. They think they have to drink
it all that night. And these little Marines," she added, "do Just
that!"
The "little" Marines and many others don't stop at one bottle.
And after one bottle, who can remember that liquor traffic and
motor traffic don't irix?
Death causes suffering but needless death brings added hurt
and anguish. When violent death is caused, the innocent suffer.
In many highway accidents, the person responsible for the trsgedy
frequently walks away unscathed.
As a result of the crash near Bogue Tuesday morning three
. young children are left without a mother or father.
It looks to us as though life is cheap. Poets and others
may talk of it as being dear but they could not, possibly, be facing
reality in this age.
Sou'easter
By Captain Henry
Have you seen all those yellow
buttlerflifs flitting giddily about
this past week And you know
what? All of them, every one,
are flying east. The wind isn't
blowing from the wast either. We
went for a ride down-aa^t the
other day. When the- ro?ir?Yan
north, the' butterflies flaw across
\ in front of us from left to rigltij
When the road ran eastward, the
fluttarbyii were ahead of us, bob
bin* up and down for all they
were worth.
They *ay an oil tank fell off its
supports up on Gordon street, Sat
urday night and that's all it'took
get the constabulary, blood
hounds, and everyone else out
beating the bushs.
I'm tailing you, the wild stories
y?, that are flying around this
, town are enough to put members
of the International Liars Club to
shame.
Just to mention one or two:
"Carlton Garner has been getting
anonymous phone calls from the
i
burglar. On the lateat call Carl
ton was told that 'it's just the be
ginning-'
Tale No. 2: Mr- Cooch's grave
was the only one disturbed by
yandals in the cemetary Saturday
night.
Tale No. 3: Fingerprints taken
it thV*re?lr-iir site* tally
^with^'a prominent Beaufort citi
It could be that there's some
truth in that stuff, but I know for
a fact that Tale No. 2 is water
haul.
Whereas in years past kids
could not take shorthand and
typing or bookkeeping until 'af
ter they got their high school ,
diploma, now they can take those 1
subjects at our school as regular
courses. And they don't have to
travel a total of five miles a day
to do it I'm not sure, but I'm
willing to bet the overall coat is1
much lesa, too.
Hurricanes are one up on Ay
cock Brown. They are uncover
ing the waterfront.
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In The Good Old Days
THIRTY -SEVEN YEARS AGO
Delegates chosen by the Mace
Jones taction of the Republican
party were E. C. Duncan, A. L.
Wilson, James L. Edwards, J. F.
Duncan, C. D. Jones, James Mur
phy, 8. F. Hards. O. B. Willis,
. Clevelan 1 Willis and W. A. Mace
Alternates were W. S. Robinson,
W W. Roberts. D. M. McCain,
James L Noe, R. T. Murphy, J. B.
Sawyer, T. L. Piver, Raymond
Dickinson William Hill, Jr. and
Charles S. Davis.
TWHNTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
At a special meeting of the town
.commissioners it was decided to
boy a fire truck for the town.
Seth Gibbs and T. M. Thomas
brought in the first deer of the
season. It weighed 118 pounds
and was on display on Front st.
TEN TEARS AGO
War had begun in Europe since
the last edition of the paper. No
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food shortages had occurred u
yet, but prices an commodities had
risen.
Beaufcrt Rotary club sponsored
? regatta on Sunday. The Gplda
boro Uiura and Bugle corps were
present at the races and presented
drills and musical entertainment
FIVE YEARS AGO
Bayard Taylor, Mayor pro tern
since the resignation of Grtyden
Paul on July 1 was appointed may
or as of July 1 at the September
meeting, the first held since the
July meeting of the town board
of commissioners.
Lockwood Phillips. at Jersey
City, was a business visitor in
Beaufort
The American Muaeum of Na
tural History, Nlw York, houaea
the largest study collection of
birds in the world, numbering
760,000 apecimens.
WELL-IT STILL RUNS
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By Eula Nixon Greenwood
SETTLING DOWN . . . Word
comes from out the Capitol that
the Scott administration is now
in the process of "settling down
to the business of running the
State.
There have been quarrels,
back-biting, investigations, and
general confusion ? and some
little items that would make your
Baftr curl j lint to read them ? but
there is work to do and it will be
done.
STILL NEWSWORTHY . . .How
ever, Kerr Scott will always be
good copy. There will be few
dull days during his administra
tion. If there is no nature} news
flowing, he will make some with
a lefthanded comment. He is
going to keep something going
on ; don't forget that.
CLAP . . .During dull, dark days
of winter when things were quiet
in the State Agriculture Depart
ment, Scott, a* Commissioner of
Agriculture, would walk down
the hall and slap his hands to
gether in such a way that the
clap they mad* sounded like
rifle fire. Stenographers would
stick their heada outside their
office doors only to see their big
boss striding up and down the
corridors like a lion in his cage.
Why did he walk that way and
why did ha disturb tha peace?
Nobody ever km. "The Com
miasioner's a character," the em
ployaes would say. That seem
ed to be tha only answer.
THE HAH. , .On oaa occaaion,
the lata P. E. Miller, then head |
of the Test Farms Division of the |
Agriculture Depart me n t w a t
given a ham from one of the
farma It waa nice, augar-cursd,
weighed about 14-40 pounds. An
other employee of the Agricul
ture Department happened to be
with Miliar whan he received the
fine present. All tha way back
to Raleigh he pleaded with the
Teat Farm* head for a rasher ?
"juit a slice or two" af that ham.
Nothing doing.
The employee had done tome
special personal favors for Scott
wlthoat renumeration. The
next morning he received a call
from the commiaaioaer, who in
formed him he had something
nice for him in hia ear back of
the building. Yon are so right.
He looked In the car ? and there
waa the ham, whieh Millar had
given Scott and which Scott
paaaad on to the employee. Un
til this day, the giver was of the
opinion that, the employee vir
tually knew the ham was produc
ed on that ole Scott farm on Back
Creek in Alamance county.
Scott's gifts ware many, bat he
seldom kept any of them.
NOTES . . . State employees want
to work longer hours on Monday
through Friday ltd stay off work
on Saturday. . , . Gov. Scott says
ha thinka it win not work out.
bat will "go along" with the
committee bow working hard oa
tha study What do you think
tha committee's recommenda*
tloaa will bo ? in view of Scott's
statement?
. . . The State Sfereme Court
may ha requested far ? ruling oa
the matter of (pending part of
the $200,000,000 (for roads)
bond issue for road machinery, .
. . . .Remember two years ago?
and four years ago ? how Rep
John Folger and Thurmond
Chatham were at each other's
throats over the seat in Con
gress? The fight was terrific.
Well, Rep. Chatham's sen recent
ly married former Rep. Folger's
niece. That is what you would
call an unbeatable combination
in Surry County ....
. . . .Said the newspaper which
most nearly represents Gov.
Scott's apparent views on fiscal
matters last week: "But one
thing Is certain, the 1951 Gen
eral Assembly will have to act
upon Governor Scott's recom
mendations for increased taxes
which were dodged by its prede
cessors." ....
. . . .More taxes are waated, ]
but on the other hand look at.
this which was announced last
week: 26 county and five city
school units have joined the
State's self-insurance program,
15 m^re are expected to join up
during September, and requests
for information on the program
have been received from 18 other
administrative units now insured
by private companies
More taxes are wanted,
but Interior Secretary Krug pro
posed laat week that "public
money, rather than private capi
tal be used in the Virginia-North
Carolna power projects" in Gas
ton and Roanoke Rapid*. Sev
eral hearing on this have been
held this year before Examiner
Frank A. Hampton, native 'of
Hamptonvilje in Yadkin County
and former" bull-of-the-woods for
the late Senator Simmons ....
and brother of Attorney Parks
Hampton of Elkin, Mrs. Charlie
Sell of Hamptonville and Mrs.
Maggie Bryant widow of the late
Dr. Charles Green berry Bryant
of Joneariille. . . .
?
OFF THE CUFF . . .Here are
some of tha games of the grid
iron which will be carried over
N. C. stations . . .40 of them in
all . . . this fall: Duquesne ? WK,
State-Carolina, WF SMU, Ga
Car., WP-Car, Georgetewn-WF,
Car. ? LSU. Car. ? Tenn., Duke
WF, Car.-Notr* Dame, Villanova
.State, and Va-Car . . . .So, when
ever you live, you should be able
to get all the big games merely
by a twist of your wrist. . . .
. ... It's fair-time again ....
and from hare on out, they will
be fain, not carnivals . . . thanks
to Gov. W. Kerr Scott. Also, be
is paving the way to make the N.
IC. State Fair the best ia the
Southeast Doe to a law paased
by tha recant Legislature, fain
will be inspected to see if they
are for the strenghtening of ag
riculture and not merely for the
buaiaaaa of making money. Yea
may cane Gov. Kerr Scott for
the way ia which ha does
things .... bat he geta them
done .... and will continue to as
long is be is able to stride the cor
ridort and make Mi bands pap
like ride fire.
Sauk Awhile
A grocer passed away. He rap
ped on the. gates of Hades asking
permission to enter.
"What do you want to come in
here for?" inquired Satan.
"I want to collect some bills
from some of my customers who
died before I did".
"What makes you think they
are here?" asked Satan.
"Because every time I tried to
collect from them, this is where
they told me to go."
HOLLYWOOD.,.
HOLLYWOOD ? Harold Lloyd (
is plaaning inttht i novw. Ha'll
wear bit famous horned rinuned,
glaaalese glasses and co-direct, u
of yon. Whether he'U produce
it independently hasn't bean da.
cidad. He'll fcet into some natty
situation* at ha used to but aa
an adalt, not as aa adolescent.
"I've lost a generation," Har
old observes. "The kids from 20
on down don't know Harold Lloyd
except as a name." If the pres
ent re-releasa of hie early talkie,
"Movie Crazy," shows sufficient
interest, others like "Grandma's
Boy" and "Safety Last" will be
reissued.
The new movie will come after
Lloyd finishes his proaent busy
year, recently started, as Imper
ial Potentate of the Shrine. This
playground of the llasons sup
ports 1? crippled children's hospi
tals. Harold plans to visit more
than 100 Shrine temples during
his year in office. Ifs a y*?f
so active that he has had to drop
nearly all the hobbies which give
him, he says, his remarkable pep.
In his 20's he was "nuts about
checkers" ? 'bought hooka on the
ram*.' Later he owned TO Great
Dana dogs and 10 St. Bernard*
on hi* palatial Beverly Hills es
tate. A few year* ago he wa*
national chairman of the Ameri
can Bowling Congress. Be and a
friend worked out a nlind-reading
act that baffled other amateur
magicians. Oil painting led him
iato an absorbing study of colon.
Hi* balf-doxea microscopes opened
his eyes to a new world. Now, at
58, he has taken up still-picture
photography.
Lloyd, a multimillionaire and
one of tke early movie greats, is
gracious and as unpretentious a*
an old shoe. He'* interested in
everything around him and a*
energetic as a man half his age.
"I'm loaded with hobbies," he
said. "They recharge you, wash
out the old cobwebe that get
piled up. Life is so much more
pleasant if you have a lot of
things to look forward to. But
a hobby is no good unless It comes
from the inside and you're intense
about it."
Lloyd took a microscope to hi*
Quick
M semce
We know you're in a hurry ?
we'll attend to your needs and
send you quickly on your way ? ?
yet we provide the friendly aer- *
vice that will make you drive
up now-!? and tomorrow too!
Q#ek-F"**<#?
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POTTO'S SINCLAIR SERVICE
T_ T. "TOM" POTTER, JR.
Phone B-4726
"STOP AT THE BC SIGN"
Dea't
Ob this pat* TaeWsy Mr A
Here vri Then ml? lit'* I
Jauraey U tttaja written traa ]
My, Wyaaiaf. Mr. F. C. galls
bury >? n note to the Wot,
vacatlaalaf with Mr* Salisbury.
roM garden on* day and founif
bee cauffht in a spider webb. "All
cranped ap lika this." Ha elaapad
his knee* ta hia chast with hit
arms. Ha freed tha baa and'il
almost stratehad its legs and said,
'Thank yo?r " Harold leaned ?
back on hia davenport and iOn-*
tratad with leg* and arms.
Once he took four ant* from u.
anthill and carried then 10 feql
to another anthill. "Just to ??*
what would happea." There waa
a battle. Whan a defender classy
ed a jaw on aq invader's let,,
Harold could stand no more. He
took a piece of cardboard afcd
transported the invaders ba'ck
Thaw's M SahsUinl*!
for re?lly professional
insurance service. You tu t
afford to entrust the protec
tion of jrow property or the
secnrlty of year business to
untried kindi.
fUl agency majors Ut pro
fessional service, and hero
yon are aaaured of (bat effi
riert, wholehearted coopera
tion ao necessary to produce
a complete* well-thought-out
Insurance Program.
Why not let ill survey yaw'
insurance needs and set up a
real program. No account too
large or too aasalL You Incur
no obligation in accepting this
offer. Phoae ? Write ? CalLi. ^
?
John L Cramp '
Insurance & Real Estate 1
S23 Arendell Street
Morehead CUy
Phone M M21
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Folks take a look at those bumper
guard grilles ? built as a unit and
proof against "locking horns"? and say
\ "Hmmral Nice!"
They sweep their eyes over tapering
fenders, with a suggestion of jet power
Sin their after contours? and say, "That's
for raer 1
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\ They eye-measure windshields that are
48% bigger and rear windows with 56%
more area? and know without being told
they can see the road up closer, both fore
and aft.
, x So they say -"That's for me-IFl
flljk. "What does it cost me to get this fcSnSy?
sized dandy with the roomiest interior^
W - ever found on a Buick Special?
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"What do I pay for high-coropreasion,
high-pressure Fireball power from a big
Buick straight-eight engine?.
V "What's the tag on that swell Buick ride,
x With coil springing, extra-wide rims,
seats between the aides and all that?
*r- MAnd what about Dynaflow Drive?
Jt
understand I can have that at extra codt
?bow much?"
Well , air, the news it good. Plenty food.
Because this honey's priced well under
your expectations. It's a straight-eight
that's priced under a kit of sixes? over
the years your investment will be no
more than for any other car.
So better not stop with looking. Better '
price it too? delivered at your door.
Your Buick dealer will give you the
figures, even demonstrate.
After which you'll do a* others are doing
?you'll get a firm order in.
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