? Carteret County News-Times
A Merger of
,J Thvfleaufort Newt (est. 191?) & The Twin CUy Times (est. 19J6)
EDITORIAL PAGE TUESDAY, MAKCH 21, 19.', 8
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Imagination or Space Ship?
A dispatch about two weeks ago from Mexico stated that
to there is brsis for belief that one of the renowned flying saucers
* crashed on a mountain in Mexico. Not only did it crash but
W the pilot's body was sent off for embalming. His body is re
ported to have been only 23 inches long.
An American salesman in that area says that he saw the
lei site of the crash, which reportedly occurred two months ago, and
"k> that he also saw a large piece of "metal" out of which the saucer
was made. In the same dispatch it was stated that American
*l! military observers viewed the site of the alleged crash but
would make no comment.
Flying saucers, have been in (tie news for more than a
year. Many believe that they originate with human beings ? may
be beings like ourselves. 01 beings of another planet. Jet planes
have chased after these objects but have "lost" them. Fiction
has dealt with these new phenomena. scientists have given
their considered opinions, and the military has not been totally
silent on the subject.
Unbounded imagination can take one to infinite planes
on this saucer business. Assuming that there is some fact to the
Mexican story, perhaps there is a race of tiny human beings on
another planet, beings whose intellect is far superior to ours
and who have already conquered space.
If these pilots from another world are skimming near Earth
in their weird mechanisms, the average person might ask, "Well
why don't they land?"
But these individuals don't know whether we will kill
them or welcome them. They probably don't know much more
about us than we know about them. Tntil they land here, they
don't know how the atmospheric pressures of our planet will
affect them, they don't know whether they could survive in our
climate, eat what we call food, or much less be able to communi
cate with us. (If they made landings on this planet successfully
we know nothing of it).
If they are a race of people averaging 23 inches in height,
and they have come close enough in their "saucers" to see us,
they undoubtedly consider us giants. It they come from another
planet that engages in wars, would their weapons have any
effect on these giants who inhabit Earth?
Another thought makes one shudder. If their world is
advanced so much farther, scientifically, than our& could it bo
that they, centuries ago, discovered the power of the atom, that
their world plunged headlong into atomic wars and radioactive
materials so affected their planet that the type of inhabitant
which survived and emerged from the catcfysm was a creature
of dwarflike stature?
We have wondered too, if necessity may force us to conquer
space, that in order to flee the devastation that seems imminent
on Earth, will our struggle to avoid liquidation lead us to other
planets where the few who might escape will adapt themselves
to an inconceivably new way of life?
Flying saucers may bo another one of those crazes in
which Americans are apt to become involved, the power of sug
gestion makes lots of us see things that aren't really there.
Then again, they may be fantastic space ships. If so. the future
holds discovery that will, in comparison, make the finding of
America a minor historical episode. Only this time, it looks as
though we may be the ones to bo discovered!
Then we'll know" f sow Hie Indian's felt.
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I Letters to the Editor
I To Ihr pruple of the Town of
Beaufort:
I wish to thank each ami every
one for the cooperation that was
given to us in putting on our con
cert Sunday. We cannot help from
feeling disappointed in the small
crowd, but feel like the |>eoplc do
| not fully understand why we have
different ki id of entertainments.
The few that did see the concert
Sunday did enjoy it very much and
the ones that did not. missed a
great deal
While 1 have alresdy written this
much I would like to say a few
more words in regards to the Beau
fort Fire Department. We all
know that our fire department has
had a bad name in thf past but
that is all behind us and has been
so for sometime. I. being the
newly-fleeted fire chief for the
year 1950, expect to do my best to
make this department better than
it ever has been, but to do this 1
have to have the cooperation of
the town people as well as the
members of the department.
It's true, the department is here j
but I really do not think the peo
pie realize what it mfans to have
a department such as we have. For
instance, the firemen are all vol
unteers, they are willing to get
out of their beds, leave their jobs,
in all kinds of weather, to help
anyone that needs them, and are
more than willing to stay until
the need for them is over. One
house to them is as good as an
other. Remember that these men
do not draw any salary whatsoever
for what they do. True they do
not have to pay poll tax which is
very imall, considering the dan
ger they face at any fire.
The Town of Beaufort is better
equipped to fight fires than any
other small town in the state. I
know there are lots of people in
this town who. have never been in
thla station to see what we do
have, everyone takes it for grant- j
ed that we do have a fire depart
ment.
When we do try to put on some
kind of entertainment to make',,
money, it's all for the benefit ofj
our fire department. The people i
ir town sain from the proceeds |
as well as the department, as the
money is spent for the- benefit of ,
the department for buying things I
we need to help fight tires, send I
ing delegates to eonventions, our I
men to fire fighting schools, as
well os to help the volunteer mem
bers when they are in need.
Let me take this opportunity to |
i :vite the people of this town to'
our station, have a talk with our!
engineers and let them explain the j
equipment to you. Let's try to !
work together and make this fire j
department a department to be j
prou|l of. Any assistance we ean
give you will be done so gladly,
regardless of whether it's in the
lire fighting line or not. Give us
a chance.
Charles B. Harrell Chief,
Beaufort Fire Department.
To the Editor:
We. the people, of the commun
ity of Marshallbcrg want to thank j
our good friend, the Hon. L. W. I
Hassell of Beaufort for his loyal I
support in taking our road pro
gram and establishing it before
the Highway commission.
We want to extend our thanks
to Capt. .CB. Harker of Marker's
Island for giving the state, and
the community the sand to build
our roads with.
1 want to thank Mr. Lee Hum
phery (the ole master road build
er) for his kind consideration and
loyal support in developing our
road program into a reality. I
personally want to commend Mr. I
Humphery for his genius . . . to (
be table to take the sand of the i
earth and to assemble it together]
and thereby build an addition to ,
a community that will develop and
accelerate Its resources and beauty.
Such workmanship should not go
without praise and admiration.
Sincerely yours,
* James C. Davis.
CAHTEBET COUNTY NEWS-TINES
Carteret County's Newspaper
A Merger Of
THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Est. 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Est. 1938)
Published Tuesdays and Fridays By
THE CARTERET PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC.
Lxxjkwood Phillips ? Publishers ? Eleanore Dear Phillips
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THE MAD RUSSIAN
Sou'easter
By Captain Henry
The* Republicans in the county
ire planning a hoot in' and vrhoop
n' big convention for April 1.
'ojild there he any significance in
he fact that they choose to meet
>n April Fool's day?
Lawrence Hassell seems to be
Proceeding satisfactorily in lining
ip candidates for his ticket. It
s hot likely that he will release
he names ot' any of his candidates
jcfore April.
I see that Dare county is hav
ing the same problem as Carter
l'I county need for fireproof
Vaults to store deeds and other
county records It has been sugges
led t h :? t lrvin Davis, the register
i)f deeds move across the. hall to
the sheriff's office and the sher
iff move to the court house annex.
Then all of Irvin's present bffice
t'ould be made into one large
vault.
But the sheriff doesn't want to
be moved out of the court house
(by mandate of the people or oth-j
erwise) and lrvin doesn't want to
give up his office Of Southern ex
posure which brings him warm
sun in the winter and cooling
breezes in the summer.
So. if the lawyers don't want to
be jammed in that little register
of deeds vault, looking like ants
swarming over a piece of cake,
they better dream up a new idea.
Preferably one that won't cost
the county any money. They'll get
what they want quicker.
I read a newspaper story the oth
er day about a car and an oil
truck which collided when the -car
tried to avoid hitting a dog. Two
women in the car were killed.
The remainder of the story re
minds me of a currently popular
song. "Where K You?" ? "She
and her sister. Alma, 30. were kil
led. So was Clem Merrill, 35,
the tuck dive. The dog was not
hut."
The following from Oscar Salter
canae into the newspaper office
the other day. They handed it to
me, probably because they know
Osoar and I like to swap ydrns oc
casionally. Well, this is one from
Oscar:
The Home Life of a Farmer
A certain farmer whose wife
discovered 12 bottles of whiskey
in their cellar told him to empty
the contents of each and every
bottle down the sink "or else".
So he proceeded with the un
pleasant task. He withdrew the
cork from the first bottle and
poured the contents down the
sink, with the exception ' of one
glas?, which he drank. He extrac
ted the cork from the second bot
tle and did likewise, with the ex
ception of one glass, which he
drank.
He then drew the cork from the
third bottle and emptied the good
Did booze down the sink except a
glass which he drank. He pulled
the cork from the fourth sink and
poured the bottle down the glass,
which he drank. He pulled* the
txjttle from the cork of the next
and drank one sink of it and
[x>ured the rest down the glass.
He pulled the sink out of the next
glass and poured the cork down
the bottle. He pulled the next
cork out of his throat and poured
tfte sink down the bottle and
drank the glass.
The he corked the sink with
glass, bottled the drink ang drank
Ihe po wr. When he had everything
emptied, he steadied the house
vith one hand and counted the
bottles and corks and glasses with
the other. which were twenty- :
nine. To make sure, he counted
again when they came by and he
had seventy-four, and as the house
came by he counted them again,
and finally he had all the houses
and bottles and corks, and glasses
counted except one bottle and one
house which he drank.
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March 17 ? Ocraooke's new'
freight boat made its first run to
I Washington. N. C\, on Wednesday
oi last week. Name of the boat
is the "Bessie Virginia"; she is 64" |
' 5" long, 19' wide, 90 tons capacity. |
i Captain of the boat is Van Henry |
| O'Neal. Mr. Walter C. O'Neal, sr.,
will make the trip temporarily; 1
I Powers C.avrish is employed on the
boat. No definite schedule has
' been announced as yet
Mrs. Hollas Bragg is building an
! addition to her home here.
! John Midgette left last week for
| Beaufort and Washington, N. C.
Ho plans to attend the trial of
; his brother, Ralph Midgette. in
I Washington.
! Wilber (iaskill has returned to
Manasquan. N. J., for summer work
at a hotel there.
Friends of Mr and Mrs. Norman
Styron sympathize with them in
the death Saturday, March 11, of
their infant son. Fil Monroe.
Funeral services were conducted
Sunday afternoon by Rev. W. Y.
Stewart and Rev. Ernest Etheridge.
Patrolman Jack Arthur
Takes Burgaw Position
,!ack O. Arthur. Beaufort route
1. has been assigned to fill a state
highway patrol vacancy at Bur
gaw.
Mr. Arthur, a recent graduate
of the patrol training school at
Chapel Hill, had been placed on
reserve list until the need arose
for anotjier patrolman in the state.
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" CAMELS AGREE WITH MY THROAT!"
TELEPHONE OPERATOR
Mrs. Ethel James: "My
throat gets a workout
all day long. I made
the JO -Day Mildness
Test and i hanged to
Camels. They agree
with my throat ? they
caste so good ! "
RADIO ANNOUNCER
George Aosbro:
"Throat irritation cer
tainly doesn't go in my
job. I smokl only
Camels. They're right
for my throat ? cool
and mild. And Camels
have the flavor!"
SALES DEMONSTRA
TOR Madeline Ost
rowe: "I talk to
thousands of shop
pers. When I
smoke. I have to
think of my throat.
Camel is my ciga
rette ? so mild!"
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YES, CAMELS ARE SO MIL.D that in a coast-to-coast test of hundri da
of men and women who smoked Camels? and only Camels -fot 30 days,
noted throat specialists, making weekly examinations, reported
Not one single case of throat irritation
due to smoking CAMELS
Even the COLORS sag at Spang!
Too bad a newspaper has to be printed in
black and white.
For here we can show you only half the picture
you can make this spring, this summer and for
a long time to come.
True, you can see the lines of this tidy 1 950
Super Convertible.
You can, perhaps, imagine the top-of-the-world
feeling you'd know with the wind combing
your hair, a great valve-in-head straight-eight
filling your ears with its song, these spinning
wheels cradling each mile of your going in soft,
toil-spring comfort.
What we can't show you here are the bright.
gay colors wc have made ready just for you
and just for this year.
We can't show you how they dress you up.
clothe you in the very spirit of the season, add
their own special plus to that unmatchable I
drive-a-Buick feeling.
Best wc can say is they won't cosfyou one cent
? extra.
They arc part and pared of this gorgeous Buick
package, l'ke the Fireballing power of our new
F-263 engine- the level going of ill-coil spring
ing?the steady readability of Buick's solid
structure-thc handy controls for top. windows
and front seat, the satiny smoothness of Dyna
flow Drive.*
? .1tanJ<ir<l on all RoadMastb? .>pthmil rqtilpmrnl at *.rtia c>Hr 1 im SltnMJ and Sl.'ffU.
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Why not comc sec the whole packagc for your
self? Your Buick dealer can get right down to
cases? prices, trade-in, terms and all.
See him -and this year you'll want to meet
spring in the gay Buick manner.
Only Buick ba*
and with it 90 ok: mom*. commission
Fireball vahein-head power in thr ee engines. (New F-263 engint
iff SUHK models ) ? NfW-MnfRN STY UNO, wHh bumper
guard grilles, taper-through fenders, "double bubble" taillightt.
? WIDt-ANOLt VISIBILITY, dote up rood rfew both forward
and back ? TKAFFIC^HAMDY Slit, less over all length lot
eotier parking and garaging, thort turning radius ? EXTRA
IVIOI SSATS cradled between flit axles * SOFT BUICK RIDE,
from all-coil springing, Safety-Hide rimt, low-pressure ??*??,
ride-steadying torque-tube ? WIDE AH KAY Of MODUS
with Body by Fisher
Time in HI NIY J. TAVlOf, ABC Ktwort. evwy Monday M?|
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